Re: backup git repo on every commit

From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Oct 12, 2009, 14:30 UTC
Message-ID: <20091012143043.GJ9261@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <194a2c240910120725u72cdb588p3c66bc730e6953d@mail.gmail.com>

Israel Garcia <igalvarez@gmail.com> wrote:

> That's OK, but I want to backup my git repo locally

Just change the path of the backup remote (that final argument to git remote add) to point to the local directory.

Though I guess you would also need to run git init there, e.g.:

  git --git-dir=/backup/project.git init
  git remote add --mirror backup /backup/project.git

  # and create the hook as below

Of course, backup to another folder on the same disk isn't a backup at all, the disk can still fail and lose both repositories.

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> On 10/12/09, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
> > Israel Garcia <igalvarez@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Which is the simplest  way to backup a git repository after every commit?
> >
> > Add a commit hook to push to another location, e.g.:
> >
> >   git remote add --mirror backup you@another.host:path/to/backup.git
> >
> >   cat >.git/hooks/post-commit
> >   #!/bin/sh
> >   git push backup
> >   ^D
> >
> >   chmod a+x .git/hooks/post-commit

-- 
Shawn.