RE: Question re. git remote repository
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> From: David Lang [mailto:david@lang.hm]
>
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2013, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:
>
> > 1. a bare repository that is normally accessed only by "git push" and
> > "git pull" (or "git fetch"), the central repository model.
>
> pulling from it would not be a problem, I could see issues with multiple
> pushes taking place (the underlying repository would not get corrupted, but you
> will very quickly hit conflicts where the push is not a fast forward and you
> need to merge, not just push)
How is that different on a network file system, as opposed to using http, ssh, or git-daemon? Don't you get a "not a fast-forward" error, regardless of the protocol?
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> > 2. a repository where only one user does "git add" and "git commit",
> while
> > other users will do "git pull", the peer-to-peer model (you pull changes
> from
> > me, I pull changes from you).
>
>
> pulling from a shared repository is probably safe, but I wouldn't bet
> against
> there being any conditions where a pull at the same time someone is doing
> an
> update being able to cause problems.
Why do you think there would be a problem?
> The normal thing is to do the pulls through git-daemon, and that does make
> sure
> that what you are pulling is consistant.
What does "git pull" via git-daemon do to ensure consistency that is different from "git pull" on a network file system?