Using dropbox as a git repository

Git on Dropbox

Rather than creating a repository and working copy in the Dropbox directory, this time I wanted to create a Git bare repository in Dropbox. Based on this excellent article, I was able to accomplish this in a matter of minutes. Here are the steps:

  1. I already had a Git repository in ~/Documents/livemesh/myproject. Before doing anything, I ensured everything was committed.
  2. cd ~/Dropbox
  3. git clone --bare ~/Documents/livemesh/myproject myproject
    (this created a bare repository in ~/Dropbox/myproject)
  4. cd ~/dev
  5. git clone ~/Dropbox/myproject myproject
    (this made my Git working copy in ~/dev/myproject)

Now I can do my day-to-day work in ~/dev/myproject. After committing any new edits, I can type git push to send my changes to Dropbox. On the other computer, I can receive changes by typing git pull.

So far Git has been far easier than I imagined, therefore I am kicking myself for not learning it sooner. Since I’m rambling, I’ll point you to git-osx-installer, which makes Git installation trivial on OSX.

via stuffthathappens.com

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