How do I access a git repo on a windows share?

Question

I want to be able to sync a work repo from my Windows 7 desktop to my Windows 7 laptop without pushing my commits to our main server. How do I do this? I can\'t figure out h

Answer 1

While Git doesn't recognize backslashes, Windows does recognize forward slashes:

git remote add desktop //MyWorkPCName/dev/myrepo

Git Bash also lets you access windows drives using UNIX-style paths, e.g. C:\Users\bug\repo becomes /c/Users/bug/repo.