Probably silly.

Say I've got a remote repo that is only available sometimes, like a removable drive, and I want to add it as a remote, but I don't want to get an error each--

Actually, maybe disregard... I was just poking about in the CLI and remembered that ofc I could add a named remote without adding its pushurl to my main remote like "origin". So it's actually easiest to just do like

# Add the remote
git clone --bare . /mnt/asdf/asdf
git remote add usb /mnt/asdf/asdf

# Push to it by name whenever
git push usb

Seems intuitive to me, but maybe I'm X/Ying it... how would other people go about having a "sometimes" available remote repo, where you want to track easily and efficiently keep track of all the git history?

I'm thinking on writing some tutorial on de-sloppifying some open-source projects, with I'm likely ending up at least starting some of them.

this is following a previous post as seen here: https://programming.dev/post/51866250

apps like Whatsapp, Signal and SimpleXChat are great for secure messaging and far more mature than this project, but this approach is yet distict in the market. the core philosophy around secure messaging here is that it can work in a way that avoids installation and registration by enabling users to host their own data.

docs: https://glitr.io/

demo

note: feel free to ask for clarity on any of the details around how the project works.

FAQ:

• but why? - git over https adds an additional capability i had previously oerlooked https. webrtc cannot work over TOR and similar networks. this way, you can take advantage of the "gold standard" for onion routing while being able to avoid IP leaking from webrtc.

• when is it ready for production? - not any time soon. standby for updates.

• audit/review? - no, niether is possible/available. its simply too expensive. this project is close-source so you cannot verify it either. DO NOT "trust me bro"... this demo is proided for testing and demo purposes only. use responsibly.

• the abridged version of how its put together: https://www.reddit.com/r/VibeCodeDevs/comments/1vme48q/refactor_js_to_rust/