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Is hosting a git repository on a Windows network share a terrible idea? (latte.isnot.coffee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just joined a new team (very small: four developers in total, with two of those leaving soon). The two original developers set up the git repo on a folder in a Windows network share.

Am I taking crazy pills, or is that a bad idea? Our organization does have github/gitlab/bitbucket available, so is there any good reason not to use those hosted solutions?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

With github, gitlab, etc etc, you get much more than just a bare git repo store.

My suggestion is to look at the features of each hosting solution and present those features to the team, discuss the pros and cons, and let people decide what they feel is best for the team.

Remember, you're not proposing a simple version control system. You're picking one very important part of an internal development platform: issue tracking, version control, code quality, security scans, developer workflow helper apps, documentation/wiki, build systems, etc etc. Depending on what you already have in the roles other than version control may inform your decision on where to host your git repo.