Copying a git repository to USB drive

Question

I am working on an Open Source project and I have a git repo on my machine with all the code. The repo is kind of big, and I would like to keep working on it while I do not have

Answer 1

The best way is to add a remote (even though it's a local folder). In this way you can always transfer commits between the two. When you want to move

git init /mnt/usb/repo
git remote add usb /mnt/usb/repo
git push usb master

The last command can be used to push any branches into the folder as desired. If the local branch has no remote currently set as upstream you may have to do --set-upstream.

See also git how to add a local repo and treat it as a remote one on Stack Overflow.