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Re: Copieing git repository to another disk is dangerous ! Especially in combination with remotes set to local repositories !

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Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date
Dec 4, 2025, 05:12 UTC
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On Thu, Dec 04, 2025 at 03:59:19AM +0000, Skybuck Flying wrote:
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> Which leads to the question:
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> Can drive letters be avoided in git remotes ?
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I think so. Since a long time Windows supports an UNC path. They start with a double backslash, followed by the server and share:

\\server\share\directory\filename.txt So when you do net use z: \\server\share

you can do git clone //server/share/path-to-repo instead of git clone z:/path-to-repo

(And git replaces '/' with '\' internally.)

I need to admit that this may be not well-known but should work.

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  1. Skybuck FlyingDec 4, 2025
  2. Torsten BögershausenDec 4, 2025
  3. Konstantin KhomoutovDec 4, 2025

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