Fix #14205, package installation on a network drive on Windows

also see #12166 and git-for-windows/git#554 and https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/msysgit/5J3ELvZND0s/2VPm-eUf0YMJ when doing a clone from a local bare repository, need file:// prefix for it to work correctly when on a Windows network drive this is only an issue on release-0.4, libgit2 on master appears to work correctly
JuliaLang · Dec 2, 2015 · 906288e · 906288e · tkelman · Dec 2, 2015
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diff --git a/base/pkg/write.jl b/base/pkg/write.jl
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ function install(pkg::AbstractString, sha1::AbstractString)
     if isdir(".trash/$pkg")
         mv(".trash/$pkg", "./$pkg")
     else
-        Git.run(`clone -q $(Cache.path(pkg)) $pkg`)
+        fileprefix = @windows? "file://" : ""
+        Git.run(`clone -q $(fileprefix * Cache.path(pkg)) $pkg`)
     end
     fetch(pkg, sha1)
     checkout(pkg, sha1)