Dropbox is not a tool for developers

Post by jlgreco » Tue, Feb 05, 2013, 8:46 PM UTC

beagle3 wrote: post #69

jlgreco wrote: post #68

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Hell, doesn't bitbucket support git now? Just use them if your project is uber-secret.

You're doing it wrong. If your project is uber-secret, you have to host it yourself - not under a big sign that says "come and try to get super secret source code out of me" just above the small "bitbucket" or "paid github" sign.

Post by taproot » Wed, Feb 06, 2013, 9:38 PM UTC

PeterisP wrote: post #60

georgemcbay wrote: post #19

Lots of posts in here talking about how Dropbox isn't for version control and "just use git" and such, but the systems aren't mutually exclusive and so these comments aren't helpful, IMO. Just because Dropbox isn't a proper version control system doesn't mean it isn't (or couldn't be) useful for developers. I use git daily but I also use a syncing program (first Live Mesh, then Dropbox, now Google Drive) to sync my s…

They are very useful, but for different kinds of data. I keep my source in git, so I get proper versioning, commits, etc. I keep all my stuff - data files, notes, documentation, agreements, tool installations, ebooks, tools/code made by others in dropbox, so they are the same everywhere. But the git folders are outside of dropbox. The version control takes care of syncing the code, but there are all kinds of .gitigno…