Using Dropbox to synchronize files and having them backed up in version control

Question

I\'m using dropbox for random text notes (org-mode) and dot files that I bootstrap, namely

1. part of my bash initialization
2. emacs configuration

Answer 1

You can use dropbox, just not for a full bare Git repo (because of the high number of files to synchronize and the risk for a corrupted repo if even one of those file doesn't get sync properly, as shown in "Git ref master now empty, how to recover?").

I prefer to use dropbox in conjunction with a git repo bundle (ie one file):
See "Git with Dropbox" and "Backup a Local Git Repository".
See a detailed analysis in this blog post.

You can see an example of a script for that kind of task here (example by shtirlic (Serg Podtynnyi)):

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
if __FILE__ == $0
        bundle_name = ARGV[0] if (ARGV[0])
        bundle_name = `pwd`.split('/').last.chomp if bundle_name.nil?
        bundle_name += ".git.bundle"
        puts "Backing up to bundle #{bundle_name}"
        `git bundle create ~/Dropbox/backup/git-repos/#{bundle_name} --all`
end