Hi Martin,
Thanks! Your solution is elegant, works and was just what was required.
Henk

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Martin Gagnon <eme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:38:50AM +0200, henk harmsen wrote:
>> At work I have a Windows 7 laptop, at home a Linux Debian system on
>> which I do the real work. No network traffic is allowed but the files
>> may be put on an encrypted USB. So my fossils are on the USB.
>>
>> The problem that I am facing is that the Debian path starts with
>> /media/usb/mydir,
>> whereas in Windows that is G:\mydir.
>> So, "fossil status" gives :
>> "current directory is not within an open checkout".
>>
>> Is there a workaround for this?
>
> You could use the distributed nature of fossil and only put the
> repository on your usb key (the .fossil) and make a clone on your 2
> systems. With autosync, everytime you commit or update, you get your
> change synced on your usb key.
>
> Or another alternative, if you are not allowed to have a clone on your
> system at home, you could open a check on the usb key for your system at
> home, and make a clone on your windows 7 laptop at work. So that way,
> you never use a checkout on 2 different system.
>
> An advantage of this is that you have some backup of your work, so if
> you loose you usb or something happens with your laptop, you are safe.
>
> --
> Martin G.
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