GitHub Dropbox - best way to sync between computers?

Question

How should I best sync a GitHub repo that is also synced on Dropbox between two computers?

I had an old computer that does not power on, which had a GitHub repo that was also a Dropbox folder (so everything in it was backed up to my Dropbox).

I now have a new computer, which after I synced to Dropbox, has the entire repo. However, it is not linked to my GitHub Desktop (i.e. my GitHub Desktop application does not recognize it).

Is there a way to make GitHub Desktop recognize the Dropbox folder on my new computer as a Git repo and sync to GitHub?

Answer 1

So you are saying the best bet in this case is to delete the folder in Dropbox and clone it from GitHub fresh?

What you can push in Dropbox is a bundle (using the git bundle command): that will be one file (easy to synchronize), from which others can clone/pull from: it acts as a "remote".

Plus, it won't include your local configuration (which might have sensitive information)