From: Dan Weber Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 23:38:43 GMT Subject: git remote repositories Message-ID: Hi, It wasn't that long ago that the pasky git tree was relocated. This required a modification to the .git directory in a local pull. A dns system could be built to ensure the following: A) quick easy lookup of archive locations B) handle changes of repository location C) add mirror support So heres the plan... I do a lot of work in sip/voip field, and our approach to handling backup proxies and routers is to use a dns srv record. Here's how it works for voip/sip. _{protocol}._{transport}.{name}.hostname.org A sample lookup: dig SRV _sip._udp.proxy-dca.broadvoice.com ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;_sip._udp.proxy-dca.broadvoice.com. IN SRV ;; ANSWER SECTION: _sip._udp.proxy-dca.broadvoice.com. 86400 IN SRV 1 0 5060 proxy.mia.broadvoice.com. _sip._udp.proxy-dca.broadvoice.com. 86400 IN SRV 0 0 5060 proxy.dca.broadvoice.com. Now of course we could null out some of those fields and swap sip for git and udp for rsync, then replace proxy.foo to rsync://host/path/to/git. Since we're using rsync, mirroring is simplified by just rsyncing the trees. Dan