Git-remote-dropbox – use Dropbox as a true Git server
Now there is a good way of using Dropbox as a true Git remote: git-remote-dropbox.
Git-remote-dropbox – use Dropbox as a true Git server launched on August 19, 2015 with 174 votes, #135 of 3,588 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.
In plain words
Git-remote-dropbox enables users to use Dropbox as a Git remote repository, allowing version control of code alongside file syncing. It addresses the limitation of traditional approaches to Git and Dropbox integration by providing a proper method to host Git projects in Dropbox. The tool is designed for developers who store files in Dropbox and want to maintain formal version control while keeping multiple clients synchronized across a central storage location.
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From the sources
TL;DR version: now there is a good way of using Dropbox as a true Git remote: git-remote-dropbox . We keep all of our files in Dropbox. Wouldn’t it be great if we could keep our code there too ? To use git to formally control version of individual files, and use a central storage to keep multiple clients in sync. There is not a practical way to use Dropbox for hosting Git projects. That’s a major limitation. There are a bunch of guides on the Internet that describe various ways to use Dropbox and Git together. Most of them recommend keeping a bare Git repository in a folder synced by Dropbox and using a folder-based Git remote. This seems to work okay for the most part. Except when it…from anishathalye.com
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