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 See [this](https://blog.r0b.io/post/minimal-rpi-kiosk/) for a description of how to start chromium via .xinit 
 
-## note about apt and git
+## note about apt
 
 In `/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy.conf` there is a proxy connection setup:
 
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ So we can then ssh into the machine with a tunnel
 ssh -R 127.0.0.1:8080 mediactl
 ```
 
+## note about git
+
+Git does not work in the mediactl network per default. As of now the recommended way is to mount it locally via sshfs:
+
+```bash
+mkdir -p remote-mediactl
+sudo sshfs -o allow_other,default_permissions -o IdentityFile=/home/d0/.ssh/id_ed25519 -p2222 d0@mediactl.mediahell.hfbk.net:/home/d0/mediactl remote-mediactl
+```
+
 
 ## Connection diagram