Copying a git repository to USB drive

Question

I am working on an Open Source project and I have a git repo on my machine with all the code. The repo is kind of big, and I would like to keep working on it while I do not have

Answer 1

It will work, but certain config variables won't travel with you.

Git has three levels of configuration: system-wide (all users on a PC), global (user-specific) and repo-specific.

The repo-specific configs will move around with your repo; the system and global configs won't. I would check your config files and if necessary also grab a copy of your user-specific configs.