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Ask HN: Do you put your Git repositories in Dropbox?
I like that I have a backup of things I'm not ready to commit yet and also being able to switch between desktop / laptop and continuing where I left off.
However, lately I've seen some weird Dropbox conflicts with Git's index.
Is storing your repos in Dropbox a good or bad idea?
- iKnowKungFoo 14y agoWhat kind of weird conflicts? My GitRepos are in my My Documents folder and that folder is backed up to Dropbox. But I haven't synced the git folder to my laptop yet.
- fdb 14y agoIn the .git folder, I have multiple of these files: FETCH_HEAD FETCH_HEAD (mba's conflicted copy 2012-05-30 (1)) FETCH_HEAD (mba's conflicted copy 2012-05-30 (2)) FETCH_HEAD (mba's conflicted copy 2012-05-30 (3)) FETCH_HEAD (mba's conflicted copy 2012-05-30 (4)) index index (mba's conflicted copy 2012-05-30 (1)) index (mba's conflicted copy 2012-05-30 (2)) index (osyMac's conflicted copy 2012-05-30 (2)) index (osyMac's conflicted copy 2012-05-30 (3)) index (osyMac's conflicted copy 2012-05-30 (4))
- lscott3 14y agoYeah, I was running into that as well. I have quite a few machines hooked up to it so it becomes a real pain. I just started using a private github repo.
- prajjwal 14y agoI tend to store all my repositories in Dropbox, but not in shared folders. That way, my work is synced to all devices and I avoid weird file conflicts.