From: Michael J Gruber Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:14:43 GMT Subject: Re: git over rsync+ssh Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <9b3e2dc20807091333l38260b88na89939bdde09508e@mail.gmail.com> Stephen Sinclair venit, vidit, dixit 09.07.2008 22:33: > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Michael J Gruber > wrote: >> I want to put a git repo on a server where I have ssh access but failed to >> compile git (AIX 5.1, has libz.a but no .so nor headers; compiling >> prerequisite zlib failed, probably due to a botched build environment). >> >> As far as I can see my only option for a private repo is using rsync over >> ssh. > > Have you tried sshfs? Yes, in other cases, with mixed success. In the present situation, I'm just John Doh User on both the client and the server, no sshfs available. > It allows you to mount an ssh-accessible file system onto your local > file system. > This might make it possible to use your local git to access the remote account. > Not sure of the implications for data integrity... Integrity would be okay (single developper). But git is fast with a fast filesystem, not so fast on NFS; on sshfs? I'm not even sure sshfs is "filesystem-like" enough for git. Have you tried it with git? Michael P.S.: Problem solved differently now: got git going(TM) on the server.