Re: what's the current wisdom on git over NFS/CIFS?

[Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Johannes Sixt<j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sitaram Chamarty schrieb:
>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Linus
>> Torvalds<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snipped all of Linus' email]

>> Though I asked this following from a debate on IRC, it now looks as if
>> this will solve another of my problems too.

[snipped my "Windows story" ;-)]

> I don't exactly understand why your reply with this Windows story to the
> fsyncobjectfiles paragraph. But if you think that fsyncobjectfiles+msysgit

Not at all.  Since I was adding Gitte to the CC, I kept _all_ of
Linus' email quoted to provide him the full context.  My Windows story
pertains in general to the whole email, really.

>> Sounds like we can just do it with traditional Windows fileshares, as
>> long as we make sure no one does a "git gc" on the bare repo that is
>> being shared.  That's a very small price to pay!
>
> It will work with the caveat you mention. I have such a setup myself.

And _that_ is what I was hoping to hear!  Thank you!  I can use it and
test it all I like, but hearing the guys who know say "it will work"
makes a big difference.
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