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From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Subject: Re: Tip: avoiding net overhead using git over sshfs
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:00:25 +0200
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In-Reply-To: <a2075f4c0810221826w511a3b87r6fea4fb0dee24e1f@mail.gmail.com> (Felipe Carvalho Oliveira's message of "Wed\, 22 Oct 2008 22\:26\:18 -0300")
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"Felipe Carvalho Oliveira" <felipekde@gmail.com> writes:

> Use git over sshfs is not so good, but is an option for people that
> don't have shell acess to the server/hosting like me.
>
> # mounting
> sshfs -o workaround=rename <user>@<host>:/home/<user>/  <mount_point>
> cd <the_directory_of_your_project>
>
> # we will move the .git directory to the local filesystem
> mv .git ~/.my_project_git
> # and create a symlink to the local .git
> ln -s ~/.my_project_git .git

I think you'd better work locally, and push to the sshfs directory
from time to time. Then, you'd both have working tree and .git locally
and fast, while keeping the safety of replicating to your ssh server.

-- 
Matthieu