From 53a6d7ff1e86f87db6f511d0dd1d33750ff67558 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnvVfFLW4CTKs7UjdiLIsOn_cxj1Jnh64I" Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 21:22:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment: use case: changing workstations mid-way through development session --- ...omment_4_c889050d3079edefc4633451bd5baff8._comment | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Tracking_a_directory_with_some_hg_and_git_repositories/comment_4_c889050d3079edefc4633451bd5baff8._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/Tracking_a_directory_with_some_hg_and_git_repositories/comment_4_c889050d3079edefc4633451bd5baff8._comment b/doc/forum/Tracking_a_directory_with_some_hg_and_git_repositories/comment_4_c889050d3079edefc4633451bd5baff8._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..55f9f2534e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Tracking_a_directory_with_some_hg_and_git_repositories/comment_4_c889050d3079edefc4633451bd5baff8._comment @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnvVfFLW4CTKs7UjdiLIsOn_cxj1Jnh64I" + nickname="Charl" + subject="use case: changing workstations mid-way through development session" + date="2014-03-23T21:22:15Z" + content=""" +An important use case for me with automatic synchronization, is being able to change computers mid-way through a development session. I used to do this with dropbox for years: I'd work in a git checkout, then take another laptop to go work elsewhere, and just continue in the \"same\" synchronized git repo. Having to remember to commit and push a long list of repos before changing workstations is error-prone. Also, I prefer to commit when a discrete atom of work has been completed, and to push when a topic branch is good and ready to be merged (for example), not every time that I feel like changing workstations. :) Dropbox never dropped a stitch in all this time. As long as all laptops are in a 1) connected and 2) synced up state, switching is possible. + +The limitation of not being able to sync the .git directories in git checkouts means that this use case can't currently be supported by git-annex (assistant). Is a work-around possible, or is this something that can't ever be supported due to the limitations of git itself? + +"""]]