Add support for repository typed URLs (git+https://..., etc)

4 files changed, 36 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/bpkg/manifest-utility.cxx b/bpkg/manifest-utility.cxx
index c329108..79c131b 100644
--- a/bpkg/manifest-utility.cxx
+++ b/bpkg/manifest-utility.cxx
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ namespace bpkg
   parse_location (const string& s, optional<repository_type> ot)
   try
   {
-    repository_url u (s);
+    typed_repository_url tu (s);
+
+    repository_url& u (tu.url);
     assert (u.path);
 
     // Make the relative path absolute using the current directory.
@@ -102,13 +104,24 @@ namespace bpkg
 
     // Guess the repository type to construct the repository location:
     //
-    // 1. If type is specified as an option use that (but validate
-    //    incompatible scheme/type e.g., git/pkg).
+    // 1. If the type is specified in the URL scheme, then use that (but
+    //    validate that it matches the --type option, if present).
+    //
+    // 2. If the type is specified as an option, then use that.
     //
-    // 2. See guess_type() function description in libbpkg/manifest.hxx for
-    //    the algorithm details.
+    // Validate the protocol/type compatibility (e.g. git:// vs pkg) for both
+    // cases.
     //
-    repository_type t (ot ? *ot : guess_type (u, true));
+    // 3. See the guess_type() function description in <libbpkg/manifest.hxx>
+    //    for the algorithm details.
+    //
+    if (tu.type && ot && tu.type != ot)
+      fail << to_string (*ot) << " repository type mismatch for location '"
+           << s << "'";
+
+    repository_type t (tu.type ? *tu.type :
+                       ot      ? *ot      :
+                       guess_type (tu.url, true /* local */));
 
     try
     {
@@ -125,7 +138,7 @@ namespace bpkg
       // If the pkg repository type was guessed, then suggest the user to
       // specify the type explicitly.
       //
-      if (!ot && t == repository_type::pkg)
+      if (!tu.type && !ot && t == repository_type::pkg)
         dr << info << "consider using --type to specify repository type";
 
       dr << endf;
diff --git a/bpkg/rep-add.cli b/bpkg/rep-add.cli
index 481b30a..9605ac7 100644
--- a/bpkg/rep-add.cli
+++ b/bpkg/rep-add.cli
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ namespace bpkg
      case of a local repository, its content (for example, the presence of the
      \cb{.git/} subdirectory). Without any identifying information the
      \cb{pkg} type is assumed unless explicitly specified with the \cb{--type}
-     option. Note, however, that the \cb{dir} repository type is never guessed
-     since it is not easily distinguishable from local \cb{pkg} and \cb{git}
-     repositories.
+     option or in the URL scheme. Note, however, that the \cb{dir} repository
+     type is never guessed since it is not easily distinguishable from local
+     \cb{pkg} and \cb{git} repositories.
      "
   }
 
diff --git a/bpkg/rep-fetch.cxx b/bpkg/rep-fetch.cxx
index 77ffc10..ef42b03 100644
--- a/bpkg/rep-fetch.cxx
+++ b/bpkg/rep-fetch.cxx
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ namespace bpkg
           }
           catch (const invalid_argument& e)
           {
-            fail << "invalid relative repository location '" << l
-                 << "': " << e <<
+            fail << "invalid relative repository location '" << l << "': "
+                 << e <<
               info << "base repository location is " << rl;
           }
 
diff --git a/bpkg/repository-types.cli b/bpkg/repository-types.cli
index 79c50f8..1471ecf 100644
--- a/bpkg/repository-types.cli
+++ b/bpkg/repository-types.cli
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ structure, and the format of their URLs. Currently three types of repositories
 are supported: archive-based \cb{pkg}, directory-based \cb{dir}, and version
 control-based \cb{git}.
 
+The repository location may specify the repository type as part of the URL
+scheme component in the \c{\i{type}\b{+}\i{protocol}} form. For example:
+
+\
+git+https://example.com/foo
+dir+file:///tmp/repo
+\
+
+Note that the explicit specification is only needed when the correct type
+cannot be guessed from the URL. See \l{bpkg-rep-add(1)} for details.
+
 
 \h|PKG REPOSITORIES|