Git vs Dropbox Sync

Commenters advocate using Git remotes, bare repositories, or self-hosted servers for syncing code across devices, dismissing alternatives like Dropbox or serverless approaches as unnecessary or inferior.

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vaylian May 13, 2019 View on HN

How about setting up your own git remote?

rip747 Apr 13, 2015 View on HN

what advantages does this hold over using a central git repository or gists via github.

tapirl Mar 28, 2023 View on HN

Isn't it like putting your local repository on a dropbox or onedriver managed directory?

wakawaka28 Feb 23, 2024 View on HN

Just set up a git server somewhere. It's not hard. Way better than using Dropbox too.

wise_young_man Dec 31, 2012 View on HN

Since git is distributed, they could just have a mirror on Bitbucket.

mooism2 Mar 14, 2014 View on HN

You could run git on the server instead of the client.

wpdev_63 Jun 16, 2018 View on HN

ughh... just roll with your own git server.

rakoo Oct 12, 2023 View on HN

So, like a centralized git server ?

sdinsn Jan 14, 2019 View on HN

It sounds like a private git repo would suite you fine. You'll only need an internet connection to update when you've made changes on a different device.

sureshv May 16, 2014 View on HN

I would think git's distributed nature would make this a lesser issue. You would just have to set up another remote target and push/pull from that (say on AWS or some other provider).