INingve·May 29, 2016Submission
Git-remote-dropbox: transparent bidirectional bridge between Git and Dropbox
2 points · Open discussionanishathalye
git-remote-dropbox
Python2015–2023
anishathalye / git-remote-dropbox
git-remote-dropbox
A transparent bridge between Git and Dropbox - use a Dropbox (shared) folder as a Git remote! 🎁
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A transparent bridge between Git and Dropbox - use a Dropbox (shared) folder as a Git remote! 🎁
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| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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3 sourcesA transparent bridge between Git and Dropbox- use a Dropbox as a Git remote
1 points · Open discussionStudying the design document [1], one sentence makes it clear why this project is needed and simply using the Dropbox client does not suffice:
> We can perform a compare-and-swap operation in Dropbox by using the "update" write mode with a specific revision number.
Since a Git repository basically consists of a hash-addressed content object store alongside a mutable list of references (mapping branch names to hashes of latest commits), you need a compare-and-swap operation on the reference list to update the branch reference when you push new commits. The Dropbox client by design 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...
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