Clone Repository

[Sneha Bhasin]

We are using sourctree on RDS to connect to bitbucket.

Is it necessary to clone repository for each user or a single clone can be shared by all users?

Cloning repository/user will occupy lot of space. Can someone suggest any alternative wherein all users can access a single clone from the bitbucket?

[Mike Corsaro]

Hello! I'd strongly recommended against cloning one repository for multiple users to use. Doing this will cause more problems in the future for yourself, and your users.

Consider the following scenario:

• User A creates a branch, and makes some changes
• User A forgets to push those changes to the remote server
• User A logs-out
• User B logs-in, and makes some changes
• User B discovers a new local branch they didn't make, and removes it
• User A has now lost their changes

Git also doesn't include a permissions model, so all local branches can be removed by any user. Stashes made by a user are also only stored locally, so stashes will be seen and shared by all users.