how to properly use git with network disk drives

Question

I was wondering if someone could give me some advice on how to use git with network drives that change.

I had to copy the directory containing all of my source files to a network drive and now when I use anything pertaining to git I get the error fatal: Could not switch to 'W:/': No such file or directory

Is there a way to change the location that git is pointing to?

Did I not setup my git repository correctly?

Edit the `.git/config` file in your repo. That, or use the command-line tools like `git remote`. — Mad Physicist, Jan 18 '17 at 17:52

ddavison · Answer 1 · 2017-01-18T21:00:35.960

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you can view your git remotes by using

$ git remote -v

This will output something like this:

origin  git@host:user/repo.git (fetch)
origin  git@host:user/repo.git (push)

You can change this remote by deleting it, then recreating it with your proper remote

$ git remote rm origin
$ git remote add origin git@myhost:user/repo.git

Or more simply

$ git remote set-url origin git@myhost:user/repo.git

edited Jan 18 '17 at 21:00

answered Jan 18 '17 at 17:53

ddavison

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When I use git remote -v I still receive there fatal error – kevorski Jan 18 '17 at 17:53
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This is a pretty terrible way of doing it. Use `git remote set-url origin ...` instead. – Mad Physicist Jan 18 '17 at 17:54
I had to edit the .git/config file to change the directory to match the directory that Windows cmd was using. I was then able to use git remote set-url origin to work correctly.\ – kevorski Jan 18 '17 at 18:01
@MadPhysicist not necessarily terrible, just more verbose. – ddavison Jan 18 '17 at 20:52
It is not just more verbose, it actually deletes the branch label temporarily instead of just editing a single configuration option for it. In terms of robustness, this is much worse. – Mad Physicist Jan 18 '17 at 20:57
to each their own; i'll edit the answer to include `set-url` – ddavison Jan 18 '17 at 21:00

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