Re: Question re. git remote repository

On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:21:56 -0800
Jeff King [off-list ref] wrote:

Thanks for elaborating on the "origin" -- I intended to write up on its
special status but got distracted and sent my message missing that
bit ;-)

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Ideally we'd prefer to simply create our remote repository on a
drive of one of our local network servers. Is this possible?

Yes, this is possible, but it's not advised to keep such a
"reference" repository on an exported networked drive for a number
of reasons (both performance and bug-free operation).

I agree that performance is not ideal (although if you are on a fast
LAN, it probably would not matter much), but I do not recall any
specific bugs in that area. Can you elaborate?

This one [1] for instance.  I also recall seing people having other
"mystical" problems with setups like this so I somehow developed an idea
than having a repository on a networked drive is asking for troubles.
Of course, if there are happy users of such setups, I would be glad to
hear as my precautions might well be unfounded for the recent versions
of Git.

1. http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=130