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>having been expressly forbidden from using ANY VC by the CEO Well that's really fucking stupid of them. Maybe they're worried about evidence of old HIPAA brea

>having been expressly forbidden from using ANY VC by the CEO Well that's really fucking stupid of them. Maybe they're worried about evidence of old HIPAA breaches existing after the system gets updated, and doesn't want to explain that logic? On your local development station: mkdir repo cd repo git init --bare cd .. git clone repo project_folder cd project_folder cp -r ../<path_to_project>/project project Congratulations, you now have version control for local development that your CEO never has to know about! The only reason I'd suggest an extra folder (horribly named project_folder in the example above) is so that you never accidentally copy the hidden .git files when moving it from your dev station.

MichaelMoser123 7y ago
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/505467/can-i-store-the-git-folder-outside-the-files-i-want-tracked https://stackoverflow.com/questions/505467/can-i-store-the-g... you dont need to copy files, just tell git to store its data in another dir
- spookyuser 7y ago
  Wow thank you so much for this. There's some stuff I've been working on which I want to sync to Dropbox as I type but without the .git being synced too. Up until now I've just had to deal with the .git files being synced with Dropbox. But now it looks like I finally have a way of moving the repo!
  - dotancohen 7y ago
    If your bosses are concerned about Git, then they will likely have a fit over Dropbox. Get permission first, it is not worth your job.
    - mdaniel 7y ago
      it is not worth your job in a thread entitled "who wants to be fired"? This entire thread discussion is filled with it's not worth it, but towards the "no one should be forced to work like that" kind of way
    - lazyasciiart 7y ago
      The Dropbox comment is from a different user.
  - dual_basis 7y ago
    Wow, that's a great idea!
marrone12 7y ago
It likely is because of accidentally storing PII randomly in a hidden folder. The data and application code are probably very intertwined, rather than portable code that could be plugged into any kind of stage database.

MichaelMoser123 7y ago

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/505467/can-i-store-the-git-folder-outside-the-files-i-want-tracked https://stackoverflow.com/questions/505467/can-i-store-the-g... you dont need to copy files, just tell git to store its data in another dir

spookyuser 7y ago
Wow thank you so much for this. There's some stuff I've been working on which I want to sync to Dropbox as I type but without the .git being synced too. Up until now I've just had to deal with the .git files being synced with Dropbox. But now it looks like I finally have a way of moving the repo!
- dotancohen 7y ago
  If your bosses are concerned about Git, then they will likely have a fit over Dropbox. Get permission first, it is not worth your job.
  - mdaniel 7y ago
    it is not worth your job in a thread entitled "who wants to be fired"? This entire thread discussion is filled with it's not worth it, but towards the "no one should be forced to work like that" kind of way
  - lazyasciiart 7y ago
    The Dropbox comment is from a different user.
- dual_basis 7y ago
  Wow, that's a great idea!

marrone12 7y ago

It likely is because of accidentally storing PII randomly in a hidden folder. The data and application code are probably very intertwined, rather than portable code that could be plugged into any kind of stage database.