Git is doing very slow commits on a Samba share. What can I do to speed it up?

Question

I am running a git repository on a remote server. I have it set up a samba share on the remote server so I can save my code there instead of on my local windows 7 machine. We are trying to look into using git, because svn has been so slow and unreliable. The problem that we are having with git is that doing any commits/clones/pulls onto the samba share run super super slow. If i do a commit/clone/pull onto a local dir on my windows 7 machine it works great, but we need the code to be on the remote server. Any ideas? I could really use it.

Edit:

I should also mention that I have already ran git gc --aggressive and it hasn't sped it up.

Answer 1

Git is not meant to be used in this configuration. It's like getting a Formula 1 and have it race on a dirt road.

Git is a DVCS, or distributed version control. In other words, every developer gets a clone.

What you need to do is setup a git server repository on that samba machine and access the repo via http or ssh

You can use projects like GitBlit or even better an account on Github