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Visual Studio 2019 Community, Win10 Pro 64

I'm new to VS 2017 and 2019 and not all that familiar with git, but I have been able to set up a git repository and commit my solution to all the way to the remote server, using VS. If I understand this correctly, the files are first stored into a repository that exists on my local machine, and then I commit it to the repository on the git server.

While this all works just fine, I can't figure out how to place that local repository somewhere other than in my solution folder. When I click on File->Add to Source Control in VS, it always adds it in a .git folder in my solution folder, and I can't figure out a way to put it somewhere else.

The reason I want to do this is that I do my development on an SSD for speed, but I want my local repository on an HDD so it doesn't consume space on the SSD.

Is there any way to set this up with Visual Studio 2019?

harleygnuya
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You can do nothing from VS but you can do it by relying on the command line. Once it is set, you could you VS normally without problems.

There is a way to set the '.git' folder in another directory when you init or clone a repository. See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19548676/717372

But you could also easily achieve what you want using the 'git worktree' feature.

Do the steps :

  • Verify that all the files are committed or stashed (you have a clean working directory)
  • move all the folder on your hdd.
  • From inside the new hdd directory, checkout a revision (the one you wish, but not a branch, to avoid a limitation due to use the 'worktree' feature) with git checkout SHA1_OF_HEAD or git checkout $(git rev-parse HEAD)
  • Create and use a worktree on your ssd with git worktree add c:\path\to\ssd master
  • Now you can work in the ssd folder from VS
Philippe
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