Re: rsync a *bunch* of git repos

In message <20120110211548.GD10255@titan.lakedaemon.net>, Jason writes:

    The nuts and bolts of this aren't difficult, the problem is I don't have
    a complete understanding of how git stores data.  I've heard in the
    past that it uses a lot of hardlinks and softlinks.  I need to make
    sure, that once I transfer the data, and reboot the machine with the new
    partition mounted under /home, that all my git repos will be okay.

Under most circumstances, git will do the right thing. Only if you use specific flags on clone (like --shared or --reference) might something go wrong, and as the manual page explains, you can use git-repack to undo these.

The real solution is, after you rsync, to:

for f in */.git; do (cd $f; git fsck >&/dev/null || echo "$f is BAD!!"); done

If you get no output, you should be golden. If you get output, check to make sure the repo you are copying from is good as well.

					-Seth Robertson