From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: Question re. git remote repository Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:21:56 -0800 Message-ID: <20130116182156.GB4426@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <201301161749.r0GHnGV6007806@smtpb02.one-mail.on.ca> <20130116220615.48c159546bccfa5b9cd9028e@domain007.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: "Lang, David" , "'git@vger.kernel.org'" To: Konstantin Khomoutov X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jan 16 19:22:29 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 1TvXd6-00043t-5M for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:22:28 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757199Ab3APSWD (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:22:03 -0500 Received: from 75-15-5-89.uvs.iplsin.sbcglobal.net ([75.15.5.89]:35456 "EHLO peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757179Ab3APSWA (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:22:00 -0500 Received: (qmail 14372 invoked by uid 107); 16 Jan 2013 18:23:17 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (12.144.179.211) (smtp-auth username relayok, mechanism cram-md5) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with ESMTPA; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:23:17 -0500 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:21:56 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130116220615.48c159546bccfa5b9cd9028e@domain007.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:06:15PM +0400, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: > > In regards to the repositories, I think I understand correctly that > > each developer will have a local repository that they will work > > from, and that there will also be a remote repository (origin) that > > will hold the original version of the project. Note that this is just one common topology for setting up repos (and it is probably the simplest). Others are described here: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Distributed-Git-Distributed-Workflows > > 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? -Peff