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Re: a few scenarios before I create my first repo [Scanned]

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Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 26, 2008, 06:00 UTC
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On 2008-12-26, Zorba <cr@altmore.co.uk> wrote:
> Ok, I'll install git on workstation, where I'll be running the bash / gui 
> from
> but I'll create the repo on the server (for backup purposes) - so won't need 
> to install git there I'm assuming?

I would certainly go for making that also a git repo instead of just a file-based backup server.

This has has 2 benefits: (1) it allows people to work together in a more controlled fashion than ad hoc push/pull from each other (2) being a full-blown git repo, it can store a lot more history, *and* it's faster and uses less space/network bw doing so.

Such servers usually have a "bare repository", meaning what's inside the ".git" subdirectory is all there is, and there is nothing actually checked out.

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  1. Conor RaffertyDec 25, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 26, 2008
  3. ZorbaDec 26, 2008
  4. Sitaram ChamartyDec 26, 2008
  5. Sitaram ChamartyDec 26, 2008

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