Re: Using email between 2 developers to keep git repositories in sync

> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, ab_lists@mac.com wrote:
> 
> > However I need to share code with a co-developer. He also has a code 
> > base that I need access to. For several reasons, a shared server will 
> > not work so I was thinking of using email to send patches back and 
> > forth.
> 
> My recommendation: Use bundles.  Just make the initial "clone" like this:
> 
> 	$ git bundle create initial.bundle --all
> 
> Send the file "initial.bundle" (which you just created) to your 
> co-developer.  He should now initialise his repository:
> 
> 	$ mkdir my-new-workdir
> 	$ cd my-new-workdir
> 	$ git init
> 	$ git pull /path/to/initial.bundle master
> 
> (Someone tried to get "git clone /path/to/bundle" to work, but I don't 
> know if that work was ever completed, so I assume it was not.)
> 
> Whenever he wants to send you an update, he has to do something like this:
> 
> 	$ git bundle create update.bundle --all --since=2.weeks.ago
> 
> and send you the resulting file named "update.bundle".