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Dropbox do not sync particular files after using git push

Subject: Dropbox do not sync particular files after using git push

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4 messages between Jan 9, 2020 and Feb 28, 2020.

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On Luk· Jan 9, 2020, 03:18 UTC · lore

Hi Sir/Madam,

I tried to report this issue to dropbox technical team, but they replied that the issue was not caused by Dropbox, so I try to report to your team as a bug report below:

Everytime I used git to push commit to my remote repo located in my dropbox, some files stuck in syncing status and can’t be able to sync to dropbox. To get those files be synced, I need to do one of the follow steps everytime by manually:

1. Drag and drop back the file to dropbox using the finder. OR 2. Click Pause and resume syncing in dropbox desktop manager. OR 3. Restart Dropbox.

To make it clear, I prepared a screen recording to show the issue that I am facing.

www.dropbox.com/s/ivn7qytk0u67v6n/Screen%20Recording%202020-01-03%20at%2012.21.21%20PM.mov?dl=0

This issue only appear after I switch to use my new computer running as macOS 10.15, everything works fine in my old computer running as macOS 10.13.6.

p.s: git version 2.24.1

BRs,

On

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On Luk· Jan 13, 2020, 02:56 UTC · re: On Luk · lore

Hi Sir/Madam,

I tried to report this issue to dropbox technical team, but they replied that the issue was not caused by Dropbox, so I try to report to your team as a bug report below:

Everytime I used git to push commit to my remote repo located in my dropbox, some files stuck in syncing status and can’t be able to sync to dropbox. To get those files be synced, I need to do one of the follow steps everytime by manually:

1. Drag and drop back the file to dropbox using the finder. OR 2. Click Pause and resume syncing in dropbox desktop manager. OR 3. Restart Dropbox.

To make it clear, I prepared a screen recording to show the issue that I am facing.

www.dropbox.com/s/ivn7qytk0u67v6n/Screen%20Recording%202020-01-03%20at%2012.21.21%20PM.mov?dl=0

This issue only appear after I switch to use my new computer running as macOS 10.15, everything works fine in my old computer running as macOS 10.13.6.

p.s: git version 2.24.1

BRs,

On

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On Luk· Feb 24, 2020, 03:59 UTC · re: On Luk · lore

Hi Sir/Madam,

I tried to report this issue to dropbox technical team, but they replied that the issue was not caused by Dropbox, so I try to report to your team as a bug report below:

Everytime I used git to push commit to my remote repo located in my dropbox, some files stuck in syncing status and can’t be able to sync to dropbox. To get those files be synced, I need to do one of the follow steps everytime by manually:

1. Drag and drop back the file to dropbox using the finder. OR 2. Click Pause and resume syncing in dropbox desktop manager. OR 3. Restart Dropbox.

To make it clear, I prepared a screen recording to show the issue that I am facing.

www.dropbox.com/s/ivn7qytk0u67v6n/Screen%20Recording%202020-01-03%20at%2012.21.21%20PM.mov?dl=0

This issue only appear after I switch to use my new computer running as macOS 10.15, everything works fine in my old computer running as macOS 10.13.6.

p.s: git version 2.24.1

BRs,

On

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brian m. carlson· Feb 28, 2020, 22:40 UTC · re: On Luk · lore

Re: Dropbox do not sync particular files after using git push

On 2020-02-24 at 03:59:25, On Luk wrote:

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> Hi Sir/Madam,
> 
> I tried to report this issue to dropbox technical team, but they replied that the issue was not caused by Dropbox, so I try to report to your team as a bug report below:
> 
> Everytime I used git to push commit to my remote repo located in my dropbox, some files stuck in syncing status and can’t be able to sync to dropbox. To get those files be synced, I need to do one of the follow steps everytime by manually:
> 
> 1.	Drag and drop back the file to dropbox using the finder.
> OR
> 2.	Click Pause and resume syncing in dropbox desktop manager.
> OR
> 3.	Restart Dropbox.
> 
> To make it clear, I prepared a screen recording to show the issue that I am facing.
> 
> www.dropbox.com/s/ivn7qytk0u67v6n/Screen%20Recording%202020-01-03%20at%2012.21.21%20PM.mov?dl=0
> 
> This issue only appear after I switch to use my new computer running as macOS 10.15, everything works fine in my old computer running as macOS 10.13.6.

In general, using Dropbox or other file syncing programs that sync file by file is a bad idea. The state of a Git repository cannot be represented on a file-by-file basis, and these file syncing programs cannot replicate the POSIX semantics required for data integrity. This is just a limitation of those tools and how they work.

If you must sync your Git repository using Dropbox, it would be better to have a post-receive hook in your destination repository that packages the repository using git bundle and stores that in the Dropbox folder to sync from.

Whether Dropbox does or does not sync files is definitely a Dropbox issue, and not a Git issue. Git knows nothing about Dropbox and does not interact with it in any meaningful way.

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