> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://sourcebot-whoisthey-language-model-input-modalities.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Other Git hosts

Sourcebot can sync code from any Git host (by clone url). This is helpful when you want to search code that not in a [supported code host](/docs/connections/indexing-your-code#platform-connection-guides).

If you're not familiar with Sourcebot [connections](/docs/connections/indexing-your-code), please read that overview first.

## Getting Started

To connect to a Git host, create a new [connection](/docs/connections/indexing-your-code) with type `git` and specify the clone url in the `url` property. For example:

```json theme={null}
{
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot"
}
```

Note that only `http` & `https` URLs are supported at this time.

## Schema reference

<Accordion title="Reference">
  [schemas/v3/genericGitHost.json](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/blob/main/schemas/v3/genericGitHost.json)

  ```json theme={null}
  {
    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
    "type": "object",
    "title": "GenericGitHostConnectionConfig",
    "properties": {
      "type": {
        "const": "git",
        "description": "Generic Git host configuration"
      },
      "url": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "url",
        "description": "The URL to the git repository. This can either be a remote URL (prefixed with `http://` or `https://`) or a absolute path to a directory on the local machine (prefixed with `file://`). If a local directory is specified, it must point to the root of a git repository. Local directories are treated as read-only modified. Local directories support glob patterns.",
        "pattern": "^(https?:\\/\\/[^\\s/$.?#].[^\\s]*|file:\\/\\/\\/[^\\s]+)$",
        "examples": [
          "https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot",
          "file:///path/to/repo",
          "file:///repos/*"
        ]
      },
      "revisions": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "The revisions (branches, tags) that should be included when indexing. The default branch (HEAD) is always indexed. A maximum of 64 revisions can be indexed, with any additional revisions being ignored.",
        "properties": {
          "branches": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "List of branches to include when indexing. For a given repo, only the branches that exist on the repo's remote *and* match at least one of the provided `branches` will be indexed. The default branch (HEAD) is always indexed. Glob patterns are supported. A maximum of 64 branches can be indexed, with any additional branches being ignored.",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "examples": [
              [
                "main",
                "release/*"
              ],
              [
                "**"
              ]
            ],
            "default": []
          },
          "tags": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "List of tags to include when indexing. For a given repo, only the tags that exist on the repo's remote *and* match at least one of the provided `tags` will be indexed. Glob patterns are supported. A maximum of 64 tags can be indexed, with any additional tags being ignored.",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "examples": [
              [
                "latest",
                "v2.*.*"
              ],
              [
                "**"
              ]
            ],
            "default": []
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "enforcePermissions": {
        "type": "boolean",
        "description": "Controls whether repository permissions are enforced for this connection. When `PERMISSION_SYNC_ENABLED` is false, this setting has no effect. Defaults to the value of `PERMISSION_SYNC_ENABLED`. See https://docs.sourcebot.dev/docs/features/permission-syncing"
      },
      "enforcePermissionsForPublicRepos": {
        "type": "boolean",
        "default": false,
        "description": "Controls whether repository permissions are enforced for public repositories in this connection. When true, public repositories are only visible to users with a linked account for this connection's code host. When false, public repositories are visible to all users. Has no effect when enforcePermissions is false. Defaults to false. See https://docs.sourcebot.dev/docs/features/permission-syncing"
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "type",
      "url"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
  }
  ```
</Accordion>