On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Andreas Krey <a.k...@gmx.de> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:08:14 +0000, Zé wrote: > ... >> >> I don't see your point. There's also a likelihood that those accidents >> can happen on a remote server. > > The difference being that anybody can accidentally do a rm -rf on the > part after the file - anybody who can work with the repo. > > In a server setup, only the server admin account could do so, and > only when the admin is logged onto the server. > >> But regarding my question, if file:// is not intended to be used, as you >> and Stefan Sperling argued, then what are the available options for >> those who need a version control system and can't set up a server? > > When you have a machine to place the file:// to, you also have > something to run a server on.
I could (although it would be a horrible idea) put a repository on a file server and access it with file://, but I don't have the ability to run a proper server on that (nor would I want to mix roles in such a way).
