From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bill lam Subject: Re: how to backup git Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 22:13:27 +0800 Message-ID: <48285087.3090402@gmail.com> References: <4827DEF6.1050005@gmail.com> <87ej87is50.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon May 12 16:14:26 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JvYnJ-0002Ey-So for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 16:14:26 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751037AbYELONg (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 10:13:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751101AbYELONg (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 10:13:36 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.227]:2260 "EHLO rv-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750923AbYELONf (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 10:13:35 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l9so2681434rvb.1 for ; Mon, 12 May 2008 07:13:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lugC24e+vnvmO3eb5VF/y9zdx9MaOTv7AxJAXf6El+Y=; b=omYLmfLCxMzoXGjHfYUUWTALnAUdwhio6GOoTC2TDO6jhvK/LKQ1NkmSBHFBnIYp9gG+BLLJiOJxyMOf+alZijjdmgiNTLU1mr/3iS/ADfVglhHxWZgZRXECn8W0Lp64K/dnPy7OX66oK18sKzZJEZyJ6GNbYdro3ZPtF3efyPE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bHksGnDvU8yFpStfz+46HkoR0DUw+IJTsNVlHojydjfZxbgKudxwfGFD24iuKjjZhksa+jVzERyga6RNFDku3hvX5Q2wk9TRjMUDCOE6TCImu4ASp706FCFIwZX5afPhOzno86OvcLBXjAF0mfKyyIpuvINjpqutISFbRcOj/FM= Received: by 10.140.82.40 with SMTP id f40mr3711661rvb.0.1210601613311; Mon, 12 May 2008 07:13:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.201? ( [219.77.1.137]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f42sm10148852rvb.5.2008.05.12.07.13.30 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 12 May 2008 07:13:31 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080505) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Johannes Schindelin wrote: >> I'd rsync just the .git directory. Thanks to all responders for quick reply. I still have a related question. svn has a hotcopy command to ensure integrity so that it is possible to backup without shutting down the svn server. If someone update the .git while I am performing backup using tar or rsync? Will the atomicity of that commit still preserve in my backup copy? regards,