"Russell L. Harris" <russ...@rlharris.org> writes: > On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 07:24:59AM +0100, Tixy wrote: >>On Thu, 2023-08-24 at 22:24 +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote: >>> #!/bin/bash >>> # post-commit >>> # 2023.08.24 2200gmt >>> >>> ssh backup "git pull" >>> exit 0 > >>You could omit the 'exit 0' so it returns the error code from the ssh >>command, that way you'll get some feedback from failures to backup >>which you would probably want to know about. > > Thanks; I'll do it. I have run Debian for over twenty years, but I > have much to learn. > >>I'm also a bit confused about doing it this way. The usual workflow >>with git is to 'push' to the remote repository, which is in fact what >>you originally asked how to do. > > This particular exercise is aimed at automation; the impetus was a > change of hosts and a move to Debian 12. I have been opening two > terminals, one on the local host and the other (via SSH) on the remote > host. Whenever I think it is time to capture the state of the > document I am composing, I commit to the local repository, then I pull > the update into the remote repository. > > To me, pull seemed natural, because the remote repository was cloned > from the local. But if there is a reason to push, then I shall change. > >>As others pointed out, you push with the command 'git push' which you >>could do in the hook script instead of 'ssh backup "git pull"'. But >>whatever works for you I guess. > > Sounds reasonable. > >>Note, if you ever edit commits then having an automated 'pull' or >>'push' command will fail, as by default they will only do a fast- >>forward operation. There are commandline options and config setups to >>change this. > > That's why I wrote the long description. The purpose of the system is > to make backups as effortless as possible, and to allow me to > reconsider a paragraph or a page which I deleted yesterday or last > week. Offhand, I don't know how to edit a commit, or why I would need > to.
Does a bare remote to which you simply push not already provide you with an adequate backup? One you have made a number of commits, you can just push them to the remote. However, I may have missed some of the intricacies of your scenario. You seemed to imply that you don't have a bare remote, which I find surprising. Cheers, Loris -- This signature is currently under constuction.
