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Is there a simple way to backup an entire git repo including all branches and tags?
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Many data analysts that I respect use version control. For example: http://github.com/hadley/ See comments on http://permut.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/revision-control-statistics-bleg/ However, I'm ...
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What is the best way to create a local backup of a git repository hosted on GitHub, given the following requirements?: The local backup should be a bare repo. The backup should include all branches. ...
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I have two git repositories on different PCs. I have some local branches on every one of them. I don`t want to send this branches to remote server, just keep them local. How can I synchronize then ...
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My workplace uses Subversion for source control so I have been playing around with git-svn for the advantages of my own branches, commit as often as I want without touching the main repo, etc. Since ...
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Say my co-hacker and I find ourselves on a desert island. Normally we push and pull to github to sync with each other. How would you recommend we do so when we have no connection to the outside world? ...
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I have a git server running on a windows desktop machine that has inexplicably lost the ability to connect to the internet. I want to move the repo to a linux machine. I already know how to switch my ...
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I have a project I am working on that is currently on in a repository on my GitHub. I am doing as a part of my degree, I will be shortly handing it over to the client I was wondering if there is a ...
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I'm burning my stuff on a dvd, before a quick reinstall. Never done that with git, being a recent user. So I'm just checking with you guys. If I understood correctly, I just need to backup my project ...
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How to backup git server? When git server is broken, How can I push my local repository to a new git server?
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Because for technical and legal reason the usage of a central repository is for some projects not possible, I would like to set up the versioning with Git in a peer to peer fashion without a ...
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I often backup my laptop to an external hard drive. Is rsyncing git repos over good enough backup solution or are there any problems with this method?
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I seem to often come across scenarios where I'd like to quickly give someone the means to clone a git repo from e.g. my laptop, and I'd like to perform this feat without running an SSH daemon, git ...
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I want to be able to sync git repositories to AWS S3 for backups. Furthermore I want the public to be able to git clone my backups. My steps were: s3cmd mb s3://lktesting git update-server-info s3cmd ...
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A noob here. I have a personal Macbook and I want to use Git to track the changes etc. I want to just init a repo on my macbook and work there. Is this a good idea? What if: I have a main repo ...
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