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From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
Subject: Re: backup git repo on every commit
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:30:43 -0700
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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.

> 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.