Tip: avoiding net overhead using git over sshfs

Use git over sshfs is not so good, but is an option for people that don't have shell acess to the server/hosting like me.

# mounting sshfs -o workaround=rename <user>@<host>:/home/<user>/ <mount_point> cd <the_directory_of_your_project>

# we will move the .git directory to the local filesystem mv .git ~/.my_project_git # and create a symlink to the local .git ln -s ~/.my_project_git .git

Done!

Now you can open gitk instantly ;-) and don't need to have the entire .git thing on a remote filesystem.

         Felipe (from Brazil, my english skills aren't so good :-)