git on google drive

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  • Now, create a folder in your Google Drive folder called “git”. You want this folder as git produces a lot of files and you may want other stuff on your google drive besides your code repository.
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mkdir \Users\JoeUser\Google Drive\git
  • CD yourself to your project folder (or whatever folder you want to have git control over).
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cd \my-project-path
  • Now, in the projects folder, perform the following git commands
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git init
git add .
git commit -m "first commit"
  • Now we go to Google Drive and create a bare git repo (note that the backslash between Google and Drive should be exactly there)
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cd \Users\JoeUser\Google Drive\git
git init --bare my-project.git
cd \my-project-path
git remote add origin /Users/JoeUser/Google\ Drive/git/my-project.git
git push -u origin master
  • To checkout this project from another machine, you simply make sure you have google drive on that machine and type
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cd /the_location_I_want_to_checkout_the_repo
git clone /Users/JoeUser/Google\ Drive/git/project1.git