From: Stephen Smith <ishchis2@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:59:04 GMT
Subject: Re: Question re. git remote repository
Message-ID: <0630A778-9AC8-4023-889C-4FC58ABAB683@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130116233744.7d0775eaec98ce154a9de180@domain007.com>


>>>> Ideally we'd prefer to simply create our remote repository on a
>>>> drive of one of our local network servers. Is this possible?
>>> 
>>> Yes, this is possible, but it's not advised to keep such a
>>> "reference" repository on an exported networked drive for a number
>>> of reasons (both performance and bug-free operation).
>> 
>> I agree that performance is not ideal (although if you are on a fast
>> LAN, it probably would not matter much), but I do not recall any
>> specific bugs in that area. Can you elaborate?
> 
> This one [1] for instance.  I also recall seing people having other
> "mystical" problems with setups like this so I somehow developed an idea
> than having a repository on a networked drive is asking for troubles.
> Of course, if there are happy users of such setups, I would be glad to
> hear as my precautions might well be unfounded for the recent versions
> of Git.
> 
> 1. http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=130

A group I was with used a master repository on a windows share for quite some time without a database corruption being seen.