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Simplest tool to maintain local mirrors of git repos?
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this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2024
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A bash script would probably be easiest to write and pluck into cron.
Edit: Clone all repos you want into one directory and then loop with a script over all cloned dirs and issue
git fetch. Done. If you want to add a repo you clone another.This can be made even simpler by installing all the repos you want to mirror as submodules of the parent directory's git repository. Instead of many
git pullorgit fetch, you blast a singlegit submodule update --recursive --remoteand go about your day.Bonus: This has the added benefit of generating a git history for your automated process if you script in a commit message with a timestamp, making your mirrors reversible.
I need to try this, thanks