Is it possible to share a Git repository in Windows network?
If I add remote origin located in windows shared folder - would this solution work normally?
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Better suited for programmers.stackexchange.com/ – Indy9000 Jun 28 '12 at 08:35
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1Possible duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/a/751026/1301972 – Todd A. Jacobs Jun 28 '12 at 09:37
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1Yeah, it will work, I've been using it that way for a few months. – Roman Jun 29 '12 at 03:56
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According to a post in 2009 on the Git mailing list, Git should work seamlessly on NFS and CIFS (e.g. Windows) shares. A similar post here on Stack Overflow seems to corroborate that, and explains a little more about why it should work.
You may want to do your own research, since I wasn't able to turn up anything newer than that. I also don't know anyone personally who does multi-user shared repositories over CIFS, so I'm not going to swear there are zero bugs or edge cases. With all that said, though, it certainly seems relatively low-risk.
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Yes it is working normally.
I used it in Windows Share without a hassle. It was not a bare repository. But I'm 99.99% sure a bare repository will work the same in a network share. Of course, you need the read/write right on that share...
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It just gets rather slow once your repository gets a decent number of files in it (in to the thousands) – Chris Seufert Jul 01 '16 at 02:45