Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, ab_lists@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > However I need to share code with a co-developer. He also has a code > > base that I need access to. For several reasons, a shared server will > > not work so I was thinking of using email to send patches back and > > forth. > > My recommendation: Use bundles. Just make the initial "clone" like this: > > $ git bundle create initial.bundle --all > > Send the file "initial.bundle" (which you just created) to your > co-developer. He should now initialise his repository: > > $ mkdir my-new-workdir > $ cd my-new-workdir > $ git init > $ git pull /path/to/initial.bundle master > > (Someone tried to get "git clone /path/to/bundle" to work, but I don't > know if that work was ever completed, so I assume it was not.) > > Whenever he wants to send you an update, he has to do something like this: > > $ git bundle create update.bundle --all --since=2.weeks.ago > > and send you the resulting file named "update.bundle". If I remember correctly either in GitFaq or GitTios at GitWIki (http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/), or in "Git in Nutshell" guide there is description how to generate incremental bundle containing all objects you created since last bundle and only those objects. Besides, after initial setup IMHO it is much better to exchange patches for review. Although usually there are more than two developers in such case... -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
