Is the author using Google Drive sharing as a substitute for a Git server like Github? > That frees him to modify the code as he sees fit without worrying abo

Is the author using Google Drive sharing as a substitute for a Git server like Github? > That frees him to modify the code as he sees fit without worrying about whether he’s accidentally throwing away my work, making me unhappy. Git already keeps history! > I should be able to instantly create another workspace. Currently, syncing everything down from the server takes 10 or 20 seconds It'll only take a moment with `git clone --shallow` and you can then run `git fetch` in the background. > The last time I switched branches in Git for this, I accidentally had an unsaved change in my text editor. When I later pressed Cmd-S, it got saved to the wrong branch. Use a text editor that knows Git. This is unsolvable with a text editor that isn't integrated with your version control. > If you want to keep two versions of code, the filesystem already offers a solution. It’s called folders. That makes it easier to switch between them, as easy as minimising a window. It’s hack to have only one folder and copying files back and forth to simulate having multiple folders. git supports having multiple folders with different versions of your code checked out: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-worktree https://git-scm.com/docs/git-worktree The entire CPython repository is 300MB (less over the wire thanks to compression) and once it's downloaded, Git can answer just about any query you can think of in under 100ms, or as the author says, "instant". I'll take that over some complicated smart-sync cloud solution any day.