diff --git a/doc/forum/Storing_git_repos_in_git-annex/comment_1_ac7b52c0b0f75d79760ffe6a9b5c8759._comment b/doc/forum/Storing_git_repos_in_git-annex/comment_1_ac7b52c0b0f75d79760ffe6a9b5c8759._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cb5b39ffc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Storing_git_repos_in_git-annex/comment_1_ac7b52c0b0f75d79760ffe6a9b5c8759._comment @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="108.236.230.124" + subject="comment 1" + date="2014-05-16T17:29:15Z" + content=""" +Why not just use git the way it's designed: Make a git repository on one computer. Clone to another computer. Commit changes on either whenever you like, and pull/push whenever you like. No need for any dropbox to help git sync, it can do so perfectly well on its own. + +If you have a lot of repositories, see <http://myrepos.branchable.com/> + +I continue to be unimpressed and unmotived by this use case. Posting more forum threads with the same lame reasons won't help. But at least you did say: + +> For some time I used Bazaar repos inside Dropbox. A couple of times I accidentally modified files on one computer before another finished syncing +, and the repo became mildly corrupted, but I recovered it okay. + +> Recently I switched to git, and so far, so good. I'm careful not to make any changes to my files before Dropbox is finished syncing, so everythin +g works fine. + +So, you used dropbox, and corrupted data. But that was ok. And now you're very careful to avoid doing things that will corrupt data. But that's ok. Yeah, that seems like a really good decision, given all the excellent possibilities out there.`</snark>` +"""]]