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POUnsync'd Git Repository in Dropbox
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    copied!<p>I have a git repository (and working directory) that is stored in my Dropbox so I can move back and forth between computers without having to commit or stash (read: without any effort at all). This is working great except for one minor annoyance that is becoming a major annoyance.</p> <p>Every so often, I'll leave one computer in a fully committed state only to pick up on the other computer and find that a <code>git status</code> reports changes. Inevitably, those changes are related to permissions. What I'm not sure about is <em>why</em>? I assumed that it might be related to how Dropbox writes files on sync'd computers, but the <code>umask</code> on both systems is set to 0002. I would assume that value dictates the mode of files written/updated by Dropbox, but it wouldn't be the first time I'd be wrong.</p> <p>I know I can just tell Git to ignore the file mode, but that's just masking the problem. I'd really like to understand it so I can make an informed decision of how to proceed.</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <p><strong>UPDATE</strong></p> <p>So here's a pretty decent representative example of a repository getting out of sync even though it's entirely contained within Dropbox. As we speak, my personal laptop is reporting a clean working directory for one of my projects:</p> <pre><code>$ git status # On branch develop nothing to commit (working directory clean) </code></pre> <p>My work laptop, though, reports a number of <em>untracked</em> files. Let me say that again: <em><strong>untracked</strong></em> files.</p> <pre><code>$ git status # On branch develop # Untracked files: # (use "git add &lt;file&gt;..." to include in what will be committed) # # html/cake/console/libs/templates/ # ...4 more files... # html/cake/tests/test_app/plugins/test_plugin/views/themed/ nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) </code></pre> <p>How can that be? My <code>~/.gitignore</code> file is also shared across both machines (not that any of these paths are excluded in an ignore file). Is there another component of Git--or maybe Dropbox--that could be in play here?</p>
 

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