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The former. I clone from file:// URIs.

I just have the file path to the inside of my LXC container. If you're using Docker you can just mount it. I only need the path twice (for clone, and for adding a git remote). After that I just use git to reference the remote for everything.

I probably don't have the perfect workflow here. Especially if you're spinning up/down Docker containers constantly. I'm basically performing a Torvalds role play, where I have lieutenant AI agents asking me to pull their trees.