ple the local path <code>foo:bar</code> could be specified as an
absolute path or <code>./foo:bar</code> to avoid being misinterpreted as an ssh
url.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The ssh and git protocols additionally support ~username expansion:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>ssh://[user@]host.xz[:port]/~[user]/path/to/repo.git/</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>git://host.xz[:port]/~[user]/path/to/repo.git/</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>[user@]host.xz:/~[user]/path/to/repo.git/</p>
</li>
</ul>