GIT Repository¶

Setting up GIT¶

Create Server¶

Define User¶

git config --global user.name "k2patel"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Create location for Repository¶

Tip: replace location with your desired location
mkdir -p /data/git/bumper.git
cd /data/git/bumper.git

Create bare repository¶

git --bare init

Initial Synchronize with client¶

Initializing commit¶

Tip: replace project location with desired location
cd /data/project/bumper/
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial Commit"

Define server and push files¶

For Local

git remote add origin /data/git/bumper.git
git push origin master

For Remote

git remote add origin ketan@reposerver:/data/git/bumper.git
git push origin master

Backup¶

To do backup on existing git repo please follow steps below.
Login to master machine.
Considering you already have key based access between master and backup server.

list available remote repository on master¶

git remote -v

Now create bare repo on backup server¶

cd $HOME
git --bare init --shared test.git

On Master Server¶

after you taste your login.

cd ~/test.git
git remote add backup --mirror [email protected]:test.git
git push backup
cat .git/config

Result of last line should should contain text like the next block.

# [remote "Backup"]
#   url = [email protected]:test.git
#   fetch = +refs/*:refs/*
#   mirror = true

Script for Backup¶

#!/bin/bash
#Build by. kpatel
# [email protected]

## Nightly Backup of Repository.

## Variables -- ( change According to your need )
repohome=(/home/backup/test.git /home/backup/test2.git )

export receipients="[email protected] [email protected]"

## Static 
export git=$(which git)

## Methods 
notify(){
    for n in $receipients; do
        echo $1 | /bin/mail -s "[GIT] Backup $k2  Failed" $n
    done
}

## Programm
for k2 in ${repohome[@]}; do
    echo $k2
    if cd $k2 && $git push backup ; then
        echo "done"
    else
        notify "GIT Backup Failed, $k2"
    fi
done

Git reset local¶

following command can be used for following purpose :
To discard all local changes and restore it to the remote repository.
When you have error Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master'

git reset --hard origin/master
git pull

Git Submodule¶

Clone Repository including submodule¶

git clone --recursive [email protected]:k2patel/repo.git

clone submodule from existing project¶

git submodule update --init --recursive

To initialize single submodule¶

git submodule update --init modules/repo

Pull changes from all submodule¶

git submodule foreach git pull origin master

Usefull when submodule HEAD and status HEAD messed up¶

git submodule update --init