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Re: rsync a *bunch* of git repos

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NKNeal Kreitzinger <nkreitzinger@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 11, 2012, 16:52 UTC
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On 1/11/2012 7:22 AM, Sergio wrote:
>
> As an aside: git works fine when repos are transferred with rsync, but git packs
> are not rsync friendly nor friendly with backup strategies using binary deltas.
>

All these answers are assuming that your source git repos are quiet during the rsync. If they are not quiet during the rsync then you are going to need a more tailored rsync to do things in a certain order. See this thread for details: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/168699

v/r, neal

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