docs: clarify when a URL is treated as a git repo

Closes: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/21605

[CI:DOCS] clarify podman build git repo handling

Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan@redhat.com>
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Giuseppe Scrivano
2024-02-12 11:10:12 +01:00
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@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ When the URL is a Containerfile, the Containerfile is downloaded to a temporary
location.
When a Git repository is set as the URL, the repository is cloned locally and
then set as the context.
then set as the context. A URL is treated as a Git repository if it
has a `git://` prefix or a `.git` suffix.
NOTE: `podman build` uses code sourced from the `Buildah` project to build
container images. This `Buildah` code creates `Buildah` containers for the