From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Smith Subject: Re: Question re. git remote repository Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:59:04 -0700 Message-ID: <0630A778-9AC8-4023-889C-4FC58ABAB683@gmail.com> References: <201301161749.r0GHnGV6007806@smtpb02.one-mail.on.ca> <20130116220615.48c159546bccfa5b9cd9028e@domain007.com> <20130116182156.GB4426@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20130116233744.7d0775eaec98ce154a9de180@domain007.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Cc: Jeff King , Konstantin Khomoutov , "git@vger.kernel.org" , "Lang, David" To: Konstantin Khomoutov X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jan 16 23:58:43 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TvbwR-0005kx-3B for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:58:43 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758063Ab3APW6U (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:58:20 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-f52.google.com ([209.85.220.52]:33706 "EHLO mail-pa0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757773Ab3APW6S convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:58:18 -0500 Received: by mail-pa0-f52.google.com with SMTP id fb1so1055811pad.25 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:58:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:references:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date :to; bh=TXoOXs6GChE6BZ5FnzG2NqkfrA1Skr1Ni7fytEFLBhI=; b=Jol4p8UIHc/i+KqZ0LGKCsh+ANrwe9o+MpsEQ8d9RA5tdbyrr+OgD2bY00wZ/YAfk5 P1ZVbXwXnWm3SWFa+bEmi7ywHICMuB6sFfHEdG8/o+1wW7ll971ruRTr2Q6mfn+eroC/ uafnBtkcOS3V7uyJLQ/KbNIDpe/q7N5ppU0FEA9bsRoKVV1ExGctZirlWSmkmWPvriv4 CyWXliJ7jUG9M07W5O7xZ29orkD6e108G0cPwArvp0hOXiPoqygAhXDuv1TQK2jCCYI4 Gwwko5VkhE7+4APl088N6x9utS1o9fVltFbuxil0ORdKxT6HnnzEASItsgfh25EDesSl 1Nfw== X-Received: by 10.68.223.230 with SMTP id qx6mr7156355pbc.159.1358377097683; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:58:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.3.46.124] (mobile-166-137-218-055.mycingular.net. [166.137.218.55]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c2sm13753397pay.34.2013.01.16.14.58.15 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:58:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20130116233744.7d0775eaec98ce154a9de180@domain007.com> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10A551) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >>>> Ideally we'd prefer to simply create our remote repository on a >>>> drive of one of our local network servers. Is this possible? >>> >>> Yes, this is possible, but it's not advised to keep such a >>> "reference" repository on an exported networked drive for a number >>> of reasons (both performance and bug-free operation). >> >> I agree that performance is not ideal (although if you are on a fast >> LAN, it probably would not matter much), but I do not recall any >> specific bugs in that area. Can you elaborate? > > This one [1] for instance. I also recall seing people having other > "mystical" problems with setups like this so I somehow developed an idea > than having a repository on a networked drive is asking for troubles. > Of course, if there are happy users of such setups, I would be glad to > hear as my precautions might well be unfounded for the recent versions > of Git. > > 1. http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=130 A group I was with used a master repository on a windows share for quite some time without a database corruption being seen.