explain how to switch a git from git:// protocol to ssh:// protocol

diff --git a/pod/perlrepository.pod b/pod/perlrepository.pod
index f28d33d..bfc8e68 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrepository.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrepository.pod
@@ -50,7 +50,21 @@ you can push back on with:
   git clone ssh://perl5.git.perl.org/gitroot/perl.git perl.ssh
 
 This clones the repository and makes a local copy in the 'perl.ssh'
-directory.
+directory. 
+
+If you clone using git, which is faster than ssh, then you will need to
+modify your config in order to enable config. edit .git/config where 
+you will see something like:
+
+  [remote "origin"]
+  url = git://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git
+
+change that to something like this:
+
+  [remote "origin"]
+  url = ssh://perl5.git.perl.org/gitroot/perl.git
+
+NOTE: there are symlinks set up so that the /gitroot is actually optional.
 
 =head1 OVERVIEW OF THE REPOSITORY