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A transparent bridge between Git and Dropbox - use a Dropbox (shared) folder as a Git remote! 🎁

14 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 4 stories, 10 comments · first 2015-08-20 · latest 2023-09-23

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  1. …the same reasons. I've used git-remote-dropbox [1] in the past to use Dropbox as a git server. [1] https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox
    comment by banana_giraffe · 2023-09-23 · in iCloud Drive silently deletes your content
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    git-remote-dropbox
    story by tosh · 2022-04-17 · 0 comments
  3. …explains about the `git push` step that git-remote-dropbox enables : https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox
    comment by westurner · 2022-03-12 · in Show HN: Hubfs – File System for GitHub
  4. So, if you really want to use dropbox for syncing git repos, this plugin solves the problem well: https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox For me, it solved all of the corruption problems with using Dropbox for git storage. In…
    comment by banana_giraffe · 2022-01-07 · in Computers as I used to love them
  5. https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox
    comment by j88439h84 · 2020-02-28 · in Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with sync
  6. …("encrypted", but I don't know if AWS employees can access it). - Dropbox git remote: https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox (it's slow and unencrypted, but uses Dropbox).
    comment by CGamesPlay · 2018-06-05 · in GitHub Alternatives
  7. Check if https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox fits your workflow.
    comment by lovelearning · 2017-10-07 · in Ask HN: Dropbox like site that respects .gitignore?
  8. …should under no circumstances use Dropbox as git hosting unless you're using git-remote-dropbox: https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox Hosing your repo is way too easy otherwise.
    comment by eropple · 2017-10-04 · in Keybase launches encrypted Git
  9. …private repos, of course, and with easy sharing by many developers with Dropbox's shared folders). https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox
    comment by hellofunk · 2017-01-04 · in Dropbox Could Have One of 2017’s Most Interesting IPOs
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    Git-remote-dropbox: transparent bidirectional bridge between Git and Dropbox
    story by ingve · 2016-05-29 · 0 comments
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    A transparent bridge between Git and Dropbox- use a Dropbox as a Git remote
    story by lahdo · 2016-04-27 · 0 comments
  12. …does not do a compare-and-swap whenever a file is updated, but the Dropbox API supports it. [1] https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox/blob/mast...
    comment by rav · 2016-04-25 · in Dropbox as a Git Server
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    Git remote dropbox – Use Dropbox as a Git remote
    story by amjd · 2015-10-20 · 0 comments
  14. …collection take place, so unreachable objects will continue to take up space indefinitely. [1]: https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox/blob/mast...
    comment by dr4g0n · 2015-08-20 · in Show HN: Git-remote-dropbox – use Dropbox as a true Git server