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+--- Fetch back-end for retrieving sources from local Git repositories.
+local git_file = {}
+
+local git = require("luarocks.fetch.git")
+
+--- Fetch sources for building a rock from a local Git repository.
+-- @param rockspec table: The rockspec table
+-- @param extract boolean: Unused in this module (required for API purposes.)
+-- @param dest_dir string or nil: If set, will extract to the given directory.
+-- @return (string, string) or (nil, string): The absolute pathname of
+-- the fetched source tarball and the temporary directory created to
+-- store it; or nil and an error message.
+function git_file.get_sources(rockspec, extract, dest_dir)
+   rockspec.source.url = rockspec.source.url:gsub("^git.file://", "")
+   return git.get_sources(rockspec, extract, dest_dir)
+end
+
+return git_file