“git insteadOf” is a configuration option in Git that allows you to redirect requests for one Git URL or path to another Git URL or path. This can be useful when working with multiple remote repositories or when using a local mirror of a remote repository.
For example, if you have a remote repository hosted on GitHub and you want to use a local mirror of that repository for faster access, you could use the following command:
git config --global url.https://github.com/.insteadOf git://github.com/
This tells Git to use the HTTPS protocol instead of the Git protocol when accessing any repository hosted on GitHub. This will cause Git to use the mirror repository instead of the remote repository, resulting in faster access times.
Another common use case for “git insteadOf” is when using a Git submodule. If you want to use a different URL for a submodule than the one specified in the parent repository’s .gitmodules file, you can use “git insteadOf” to redirect requests for the original URL to the new URL:
git config --global url.https://old-submodule-url.com/.insteadOf https://new-submodule-url.com/
This will tell Git to use the new URL instead of the old URL when accessing the submodule.
Overall, “git insteadOf” is a powerful configuration option that can help streamline your Git workflow and improve performance.
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