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mount external drive on windows7 for git

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Problem

I love my GitBash window because it helps maintain the illusion that I am not on Windows 7. I can type and see . This has worked fine for me. Now I would like to create a git backup on an external drive that is not underneath C:. I plug in the drive, Windows assigned it "G:" but now, how do I tell …

Error Output

$ git remote add backup /G/myrepo  ...
$ git push backup
fatal: 'C:/prog/Git/G/myrepo' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: The remote end h…

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Fix for: mount external drive on windows7 for git

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Go to Disk Management in Computer Management, right-click the drive in question, click Change Drive Letters and Paths, and mount it to a folder in your drive.

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