From 0e79faa2d578a8b813e38178347aad7f375ff306 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:31:10 -0500 Subject: Add example to README of how to automatically push changes to a backup repository. --- README | 14 ++++++++++++-- debian/changelog | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index f51a0e1..782748c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ metadata that git does not normally support, but that is important for configurable, while also being simple to use if you understand the basics of working with version control. + ## security warnings First, a big warning: By checking /etc into version control, you are @@ -149,8 +150,9 @@ server. When using git push to create a new remote clone, make sure the new remote clone is mode 700! (And, obviously, only push over a secure transport like ssh, and only to a server you trust.) - ssh server 'mkdir /etc-clone; cd /etc-clone; chmod 700 .; git init' - git push ssh://server/etc-clone master + ssh server 'mkdir /etc-clone; cd /etc-clone; chmod 700 .; git init --bare' + git remote add backup ssh://server/etc-clone + git push backup --all If you have several machine's using etckeeper, you can start with a etckeeper repository on one machine, then add another machine's etckeeper @@ -206,6 +208,14 @@ letting it git add new files and git rm removed ones: chmod -x /etc/etckeeper/commit.d/50vcs-commit +Here's how to make it automatically push commits to a clone of the +repository as a backup (see instructions above to set up the clone safely): + + cd /etc/etckeeper/commit.d + echo ('#!/bin/sh' ; echo 'git push backup') > 99git-push + chmod +x 99git-push + git add . + git commit -m "automatically push commits to backup repository" ## changing VCS diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index d589298..cf486d6 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +etckeeper (0.44) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * Add example to README of how to automatically push changes to a backup + repository. + + -- Joey Hess Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:30:33 -0500 + etckeeper (0.43) unstable; urgency=low * Fix cleanup of /var/cache/etckeeper/packagelist.pre-install after -- cgit v1.2.3