title: Using Git with a Samba shared folder
body: <p>I am new to Git, and trying to determine how to best implement it.</p>
  
  <p>I have the following four machines:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Linux server running GitLabs which stores my main repository.</li>
  <li>Linux production server running Apache, etc.  I am not currently concerned about this part.</li>
  <li>Linux development server running Apache, etc.  It also runs Samba and maps /var/www to Windows.  It is located in my home and is on a LAN.</li>
  <li>Windows 7 PC running a PHP IDE (happens to be PhpED).  It is located in my home and is on the same LAN as the Linux development server.  It directly edits the files in the Samba
  folder on the Linux development server, as well as uses this folder for debugging, and does not have code directly on it. The IDE has some basic Git functionality via TortoiseGit, however, I don't yet know how strong it is.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I am currently not concerned about sharing files, but only version control.</p>
  
  <p>I've read that Git is all about being local. Giving my configuration, does that mean Git is run on the Windows PC even though my working directory is not located on it? Or is it handled just using Linux between /var/www/ and the GitLab repository? How do you envision I implement Git under this configuration?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you </p>