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user1037355
user1037355

Reputation:

migrating a git repository via rsync

A while ago we setup a git repository for internal use on a local server. The server is not on a business line and thus has a non-static ip.

We want to move the git origin from the local server to a new remote server (this is our private dedicated server, not github or similar).

Can we just rsync the entire git directory over to the new server?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1630

Answers (3)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1328262

The safest way (which would not bring with it local config or hooks, which can be specific to the local environment, and have sensitive information you wouldn't always want to include in an archive) would be to use git bundle.

git bundle create /tmp/myrepo.bundle --all

See "How can I email someone a git repository?"

That creates only one file (easy to copy around), which you can clone or fetch from:
On the target server

git clone myrepo.bundle
cd myrepo

Upvotes: 2

Schwern
Schwern

Reputation: 165416

Git repositories have nothing linking them to their directory or server (unless you configured something specifically). You can move them like any other directory of files. A USB stick, scp, rsync, mv, zip, tar... whatever.

Upvotes: 1

gturri
gturri

Reputation: 14629

Though the simplest way would surely be to do a git clone, yes, you can use rsync.

Upvotes: 4

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