git on UNC path

Question

I have computer with Windows XP and no Internet connection, only access to network drive. I'd like to set up a git repository on the network drive and then push to it from my local repository, so I can at the end of the day go to a computer with Internet connection and push from network drive to github.

My problem is I cannot access network drive from git. I put PortableGit on the network drive, but git-bash.bat and git-cmd.bat die with "CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories.". I tried replacing "cd" with "pushd" in git-cmd.bat, but it doesn't work.

BTW, I use PortableGit since I don't have admin permissions on my machine.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

This worked for me:

git.exe clone "d:/dev/SDK" "//comp1/Proj/git/SDK/"

Answer 2

Just use the UNC path - git doesn't care what cmd can and cannot do.

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Old answer: Bind the UNC path to a drive letter (or use a directory symlink).

Answer 3

First open a windows console, Run->cmd

pushd \\172.158.1.254\network_usb

now you should be able to 'cd' through all the directories on the drive. Optionally you can type a git init --bare nameOfnewRepo.git somewhere.

popd

Now open git bash and cd to the location where you want to clone the repo on the network drive

git clone //172.158.1.254/network_usb/pathto/nameOfnewRepo.git

Note that in git bash the slashes are forward and in the windows console backward.