ssh push to repos outside an homedirectory?

[ryan king]

On Jun 27, 2006, at 12:13 AM, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 22:54 -0700, ryan king wrote:
>> It seems that the paths given when using ssh to push or pull from a
>> repository are always relative from $HOME.
>
> Yep.
>
>> Is there no way to work
>> with repositories outside one's home directory via ssh?
>
> Sure - just give an extra slash for an absolute path.
>
> Compare:
>
> ssh://hostname/path-relative-to-home
>
> And:
>
> ssh://hostname//absolute-path

Ok, good to know that works. I have to ask, though, why is this  
different than other ssh-based things like scp and rsync with use a  
colon like this:

scp foo hostname:/absolute_path

rsync -e ssh foo hostname:~/homedir_path

?

It seems like it violates the Law of Least Surprise. I may be the  
only one, but it was nearly impossible for me to figure out on my own.

Just a suggestion.

-ryan