{"version":"2.1.251","anchor":"only-recognised-git-url-forms-will-be-cloned","canonical_anchor":"only-recognised-git-url-forms-will-be-cloned","heading":"Only recognised git URL forms will be cloned","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251\/e\/only-recognised-git-url-forms-will-be-cloned","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251","markdown":"### Only recognised git URL forms will be cloned\n\nOnly recognised git URL forms are cloned; cleartext git:\/\/ addresses are refused.\n\n**What**\n\nBefore cloning any repository, such as a plugin marketplace, Claude Code checks the URL against a list of accepted forms and refuses anything else, including cleartext `git:\/\/` addresses. The error names the acceptable forms.\n\n**Details**\n\n- applies to every clone attempt, with no setting to bypass it\n- `git:\/\/` is excluded explicitly because it carries no transport authentication\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`not a git URL Claude Code will clone`\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}