saltstack/salt — pull request #7178 by mlister2006 (2013-09-11 14:20:43+00:00)
Title: Adding file:// URL support to lookup mako templates on local file system...

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If mako templates are already present on a local file system on a
minion, it can use file:// URL to lookup a local copy. This in addition
to salt:// url support that is already present, which fetches a copy
from a salt server.