Re: Hosting from Windows XP.

[Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I'm trying to get git set up for my company.  We're stuck using
> Windows for the foreseeable future so for now I have to host the
> central integration repository out of a Windows box.  I figured the
> easiest way to do this, short of installing cygwin, would be to do a
> simple msysgit install and then run git daemon with the relevant repo
> copied over onto the server.  Then devs could track that repo.
> However, it appears that msysgit does not install git daemon.

you might want to look at using pushing over DAV: say, have all your
employees pulling from a DAV-enabled server.

The DAV protocol itself is platform-agnostic, so your server could be
Windows or Linux or whatever. Since DAV deals with file I/O, you might
want to look at your security options, though I think basic access
authentication would be enough if your server is only accessible
within your company's LAN.

By pushing over DAV, you can avoid running a git daemon. Looking at
how you would do this on Windows, i don't think it's advisable to do
so.

To do this, first, you would need to have cygwin, then you have to run
"cygrunsrv -I", which will install your git daemon as a Windows
service.

AFAIK, cygrunsrv pipes stuff to git-daemon. I don't know how good this
option is, reliablity or performance-wise.

I've tried this out (somewhat limitedly) using git built on cygwin,
with an Apache server, though currently you would have problems if
your Apache was running on a Windows box (my patch to fix this is on
its way).


-- 
Cheers,
Ray Chuan