Using dropbox and git without conflitcts

Question

I'm working with people using only Dropbox as version control and collaboration tool. I don't intend to change their behavior. On the other hand, I'm a git-addicted, and want to use it for my personal use.

Is their anyway to have a .git directory without syncing it in Dropbox ?

Thanks

Answer 1

According to this thread in the Dropbox forum, you can't omit/exclude folders. There is Selective Sync but that also doesn't what you need.

So the best solution right now is to sync manually, for example with rsync(1):

1. Create a new folder somewhere
2. Sync this folder with the folder in Dropbox using rsync. I suggest to write a script for this.
3. Add a git repo in this new folder
4. Use a second rsync script to update the Dropbox folder (use --exclude .git here)