On Jan 22, 2014, at 9:20 AM, John McIntyre <joh98....@gmail.com> wrote:

> …
> 
> So basically, what I'd like to do is this.  I want to write code,
> write blg posts, write essays for university, whatever.  And I want to
> use git to maintain revisions, but where do I store them?  Do I make
> the Mac my hub?  I have a git client on there.  Do I make the server
> my 'hub'?  If I make the server the 'hub', then won't rsync back-ups
> from the Mac to the server wipe them out?
> 
> …

Git's degree of flexibility in what is considered "the server" is valuable 
here.  I advise that you simply try a configuration, and see how it works.  
It's easy to change where origin points later.

With that said, like you, I have a small ad-hoc setup of automated rsync 
backups between my various computers and servers, and I have found some 
characteristics useful:

* I have rsync saving backups into dedicated backup folders on the remote 
machines.  This eliminates ambiguity of what to back up (server A won't blow 
away server B's Documents folder, for example).

* Using a publicly accessible server has been useful.  I set up port forwarding 
to the machine, and set up a domain name pointing to the server.  In general, 
when I have Internet access, I can access the server that contains my 
repositories.  I always use the same domain name, even if I'm in the same room 
as the server.

Hope that helps,
Andrew

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