Git without local repository

Question

Consider the case where (for example) a 20GB directory is stored on a computer with 20.1GB disk space free, and we want to put this directory under revision control. A serv

Answer 1

Depending on what you want to do, these answers might give you a clue Browse and display files in a git repo without cloning. In general, there are serveral solutions

• Working with the remote copy if you have ssh access.
• Using an access API such as the one provided by GitHub.
• Using "shallow clone": git clone --depth=1

Answer 2

GIT is a Distributed CVS. The very heart of such DCVS is that they store their history locally.

You can't change that.