[The Architect 2.0]

not entirely sure if this is the right forum for this....but here goes.

so ya, my question is in the title: is Git and Dropbox a good combo? I was reading some of the replies on StackOverflow and got confused when they started bickering about revisions. It sounds to me like this setup could be bad in team situations. Someone wanna confirm or deny(preferable with first hand experience in a non-cubicle environment)? how about when you are the sole developer?

[modi123_1]

"a good combo" for what? What is your criteria?

[The Architect 2.0]

sorry, i meant that it will work without any side-effects. I personally just started using git and haven't used it with hosted repos yet(i setup my repo locally on my comp).

i basically want it to work like it does on a local(to the workstation) repo: some initial setup and form there, simple commands to checkout and commit. with no potential for corruption from daily use.

EDIT:

also, i will be the sole developer for projects hosted in the dropbox.

This post has been edited by The Architect 2.0: 08 August 2011 - 01:20 PM

[modi123_1]

Okay - once again clarification - what do you mean by "side effects"?

I am going to guess when you say "repo" you mean "code repository", right?

Depending on the language and IDE something like https://subversion.apache.org/ might work on a cheap host.

Heck if you are on a windows machine you can map a drive letter to drop box, dump the repository source there, and just use that.

[The Architect 2.0]

side-effects being something that would corrupt the git files/source files. Dropbox has its own backup mechanisms and i'm not sure how that would affect git's versioning system.


repo is to git as code repository is to svn?

[modi123_1]

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repo is to git as code repository is to svn?

What?

[DoctaZoidborg]

The Architect 2.0, on 08 August 2011 - 05:14 PM, said:

repo is to git as code repository is to svn?

Yes, exactly.

modi123_1, on 09 August 2011 - 06:47 AM, said:

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repo is to git as code repository is to svn?

What?

Its an analogy, in English Grammar. It sounds like blather, but thankfully it actually does make sense.

This post has been edited by DoctaZoidborg: 11 August 2011 - 09:44 AM

[bodom658]

The primary difference between Git and Subversion is that when you download a git repository, you download the entire repository, with all the history included. (Hence it is a Distributed Code Revisioning System)

If you are looking for a git host for your team, I would recommend having a look at Gitorious or Github, or take a look at setting up your own server =) I don't know how big your team is or whatnot.

I really advise against putting anything mission critical on Dropbox, because you don't know exactly where it is going or exactly what is being done with it.