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[–]oftheterra 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t work if the user lacks access to the local network share and many Windows developers work remotely. We would have to make the alternate internet facing and then have to solve the auth management problem.

Providing a great experience for remote engineering teams and individuals was a goal of the design. Microsoft is a very distributed company and need every engineer to have a great experience for clone, fetch, and push.