On 22/04/2011 12:39 AM, Darren New wrote:
> On 4/21/2011 13:07, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Well, git *does* store stuff in files, so technically you could copy the
>>> files. But by "copy files" I mean "use git to copy the new files." As
>>> in, "you don't have to run any diffs or patches or anything".
>>
>> Oh, I see.
>
> Actually, you can store a repository on an http server and give everyone
> read access to the repository, and everyone can update from there. So,
> yeah, it basically *can* be done by copying the right files from one
> place to another.

I've done this with Darcs. Unfortunately, to update the repo, you 
basically delete it off the server and copy the current version over 
there - which is tedious. (By default, the server would also have a 
working copy - which is pointless. Fortunately, if you delete that bit, 
it still works.)

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