Why is putting git repositories inside of a Dropbox folder not recommended?

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Oskar Persson picture Oskar Persson · Oct 10, 2013 · Viewed 7.3k times · Source

When creating a Git repository inside of a Dropbox folder using the GitHub application for OSX I get the following message:

Putting git repositories inside of a Dropbox folder is not recommended. Are you sure you want to create a repository here?

Why isn't that recommended?

Answer

SwimBikeRun picture SwimBikeRun · May 22, 2014

If people are modifying files and using dropbox to do the syncing, you will likely run into problems.

If you use dropbox as a convenient way to give people read only links to your work, then I have found no issues with this and have been doing it for years.

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