Placing a github repo into a cloud synced folder (GDrive, Dropbox, iCloud, OneDrive etc)

I don't have a well-written argument against this practice and I know that many people do successfully use Git with repos/folders that also live in a cloud-synced location. So I suppose my answer is: if it's working for you, be thankful and carry on. But don't be surprised when things go wrong.

A hearty "yes" to everything that @rgaiacs just said above. I personally find it very frustrating that there is no concept of ".dropboxignore", for example.

And I have definitely helped individuals, in my Git teaching life, who had very concrete problems with Git repositories that a service like DropBox or OneDrive was also trying to manage.

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