Re: how to backup git

On Mon, 12 May 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Daniel Barkalow [off-list ref] writes:

I think suggestions from old timers on this thread to first "git fetch" is
to handle that concern.

Yeah, "git fetch" is the right solution (although it's a pain to do a 
backup of "every repo under <path>" or "every repo anywhere under <path>" 
that way, which I suspect of being the real issue). I just wanted to get a 
note into this thread of what problems using rsync can and cannot have, 
since it's different (both more and less reliable) from what the original 
poster asked about.

It may not get the commit that is being created simultaneously when such 
a fetch to backup repository is running (but that will be backed up 
during the next round), but at least the contents of the backup 
repository would be self contained and correct.

And simultaneous commit isn't really an issue; nothing will back up work 
you do right after the backup runs, and users can't tell whether they did 
the commit before or after the backup if it's close.

	-Daniel
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