Re: Off-line deverloper workflow?

[Woody Wu <narkewoody@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 08:06:05AM -0500, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 2013-06-27 20:46, Woody Wu wrote:
> > I have a colleague who has to left our office for three month, but
> > still need to work on the project which is hosted on our in-office
> > git repository. Problem is that our company has firewall, it's not
> > possible or not allowed to access the company LAN outside the
> > building.  So I want to ask you expert, can you suggest a best
> > practice of git workflow that suitable to my situation?
> 
> It would help to know a little more about the information flow and
> the starting conditions.
> 
> - Was a clone of code made before leaving your office or does your
>   colleague need to obtain the initial copy too?

Yes, he had a clone already.

> 
> - How securely do you need to transfer matters?  (email?  shared
>   external service like Dropbox/Box.com/etc)

I prefer email.

> 
> - How frequently do updates need to be made?
> 

Maybe once several days.

> - In which direction do commits flow?  Just from your colleague back
>   to the office, or are there other updates happening in the office
>   that your colleague needs to pull down to keep in sync?

Bi-direction, means my colleague and my in-house team need to modify the
code.

> 
> Without such answers, it's a little hard to suggest more than
> transmitting either patch files or bundles using any of the following:
> email, a shared cloud drive, a shared host out accessible on the net,
> or sneakernet media (flash-drive or CD/DVD, perhaps via the postal
> system), or possibly other means.
> 
> You may want to read more at
> 
>   git help format-patch
>   git help am
>   git help bundle
> 
> -tkc
> 
> 
> 
> 

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