How to update a git clone --mirror?
Regarding commits, refs, branches and "et cetera", Magnus answer just works (git remote update
).
But unfortunately there is no way to clone
/ mirror / update
the hooks, as I wanted...
I have found this very interesting thread about cloning/mirroring the hooks:
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2007/8/28/256180/thread
I learned:
The hooks are not considered part of the repository contents.
There is more data, like the
.git/description
folder, which does not get cloned, just as the hooks.The default hooks that appear in the
hooks
dir comes from theTEMPLATE_DIR
There is this interesting
template
feature on git.
So, I may either ignore this "clone the hooks thing", or go for a rsync
strategy, given the purposes of my mirror (backup + source for other clones, only).
Well... I will just forget about hooks cloning, and stick to the git remote update
way.
- Sehe has just pointed out that not only "hooks" aren't managed by the
clone
/update
process, but also stashes, rerere, etc... So, for a strict backup,rsync
or equivalent would really be the way to go. As this is not really necessary in my case (I can afford not having hooks, stashes, and so on), like I said, I will stick to theremote update
.
Thanks! Improved a bit of my own "git-fu"... :-)
This is the command that you need to execute on the mirror:
git remote update