How to Git Pull across a local network?

Question

I have a Git repository configured on my work machine at C:\Projects\project_1.

I have shared the Projects folder on our work network and a colleague has cloned my project_1 into his own C:\Projects folder, which he has also shared.

We've both been working on the source code contained within the project and now I want to pull his changes into my repository.

I am using TortoiseGit and have tried pulling using the arbitrary URL \\HIS_COMPUTER\Projects\project_1, but I get the following error message:

fatal: '\\HIS_COMPUTER\Projects\project_1" master' does not appear to be a git repository

fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Can anyone provide some assistance on performing the pull? I have had a look at folder permissions and they all seem ok.

Can you open `\\HIS_COMPUTER\Projects` in Windows Explorer? (Just type it into the address bar.) — Andomar, May 03 '13 at 14:41
The error message suggests you are trying to load `\\HIS_COMPUTER\Projects\project_1" master` as a repository. Perhaps omit the `" master` part? — Andomar, May 03 '13 at 14:44
Map `\\HIS_COMPUTER\Projects\` to a drive letter, and pull from that? — Andomar, May 03 '13 at 14:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '13 at 15:52

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Thanks to @Andomar for his answer:

I needed to map the network drive \\HIS_COMPUTER\Projects to Z:\ and perform the pull using this as the arbitrary URL.

answered May 03 '13 at 15:52

Ed King

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