Re: git-daemon on Windows?

[Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>]

Chris Hoffman schrieb:
> Is there a distribution of the git server for Windows, or am I totally
> missing the point of git?  Will a simple file share work, or do I have
> to worry about file locking and such (e.g., two people try to commit
> at the same time).

You are missing *some* point of git: Usually, everyone has his own
repository, hence, commits that happen concurrently won't be a problem.

But you must exchange your work, and for this it is common that everyone
in addition has a publically accessible (bare) repository. These you can
place on a normal file share. I do this all the time.

You *can* choose to have only a single (bare) repository that everyone
uses to exchange work. But then you do have to worry about concurrent
*pushes* that get in the way of each other. You have this problem no
matter which form of server you chose (file share, ssh, git daemon,
WebDAV). If you go this route, you need a policy how people publish their
work (eg. branch namespaces). msysgit and 4msysgit do it this way.

-- Hannes