From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Shawn O. Pearce" Subject: Re: Windows Server? Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:46:53 -0700 Message-ID: <20090428224653.GT23604@spearce.org> References: <450196A1AAAE4B42A00A8B27A59278E70AE3F0A6@EXCHANGE.trad.tradestation.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: John Dlugosz X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 29 00:47:03 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Lyw4r-0005qC-F9 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:47:01 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753482AbZD1Wqy (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:46:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753373AbZD1Wqx (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:46:53 -0400 Received: from george.spearce.org ([209.20.77.23]:55511 "EHLO george.spearce.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753353AbZD1Wqx (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:46:53 -0400 Received: by george.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6486B38221; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:46:53 +0000 (UTC) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <450196A1AAAE4B42A00A8B27A59278E70AE3F0A6@EXCHANGE.trad.tradestation.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: John Dlugosz wrote: > We are a Windows' shop, writing software that runs on Windows. > Naturally, the network location I.T. provided for the repository is on a > Windows server. I'm concerned with using file:// access once everyone > starts using it in earnest, especially over a cross-continent VPN. Yea, really, you want a Git server of some kind on that host. file:// over SMB over VPN isn't pretty. > I suppose that git-daemon isn't available as a Windows service. Nope. You could try JGit and its "jgit daemon". Its a pure Java server. > I > posted a short time ago asking about it, and the news did not seem good. > So, is ssh a good second? How are you going to run SSH on the server? Cygwin SSH? But yes, the SSH protocol is the git:// protocol, tunneled through SSH, and will be much more efficient over the VPN than SMB. > Is there anything that needs to be done on the server machine, other > than having a SSH server, and formulating the path the way the disk > really is on that machine (as opposed to the network share structure)? Nope, not really. -- Shawn.