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André Puel
André Puel

Reputation: 9219

Is .git folder crossplatform?

If the .git folder that was created using linux is copied to windows, will it work?

Upvotes: 9

Views: 872

Answers (3)

lessyv
lessyv

Reputation: 116

Yes I am using it with gitflow extension on Linux and msysGit + TortoiseGit on Windows it uses the .git folder well.

But be very careful with the inverse. By copying git folders from Windows to Linux there will be :

  1. many Windows carriage returns in files
  2. files permission changes

MsysGit manages it well on Windows but on Linux before commit/push you will have to : use dos2unix for 1. and chmod 644 on files for 2. git status and git diff will help you.

Upvotes: 2

Bugari
Bugari

Reputation: 618

Yes, it will be okay - I work like this myself - on two computers with Linux and Windows .git directory is synced by dropbox, and there are absolutely no problems at all :)

btw - .hg works equally well.

Upvotes: 9

Pinch
Pinch

Reputation: 2888

It is, I've worked with the same repo from both Windows and Linux boxes and it works fine. When you work in Git Windows, everytime you push to a remote Linux repo, git will convert the line ending from Windows to Linux style.

Upvotes: 0

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