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same question here. If you can get free private git repositories on services like bitbucket, it's sort of a mystery to me why one would want to lose true versio
by stinos 13y ago
same question here. If you can get free private git repositories on services like bitbucket, it's sort of a mystery to me why one would want to lose true versioning and go with plain backup instead.
- snom380 13y agoYou can have both. If you put your working directory in Dropbox you will have a copy of your uncommitted work as well. Also, in many cases it is easier for a graphic designer or just a customer to put stuff in a Dropbox folder that will sync to their website, than uploading stuff using a web form or learning to use git and X amount of deployment tools.
- rickyc091 13y agoI'm part of the camp that uses both Dropbox / Git for my development work. I've actually had Dropbox save me a few times due to nasty rebases. For a lot of one off scripts, I don't really commit them into git so that's where it comes in handy. The extra redundancy doesn't hurt...
- duncan_bayne 13y ago> The extra redundancy doesn't hurt... ... unless you're running on batteries.