I am planning to switch from SVN to git. With svn I just copy my repo folder when I want to back it up. However git doesn't have one so what do I do?
Should I create a clone on a separate drive and update by pulling from my project? Then I can burn/archive this folder and it will have all the history?
This is probably obvious but I want to make sure when it comes to backups. I still pretend there is a root repository.
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You just copy it. git does use a repo folder, it's just hidden from normal directory views. (The folder is named .git on *nix systems, so it only appears if you use ls -a. I assume that it sets the "hidden" attribute in Windows, but I've never used git in a Windows environment, so I'm not certain about how it's handled there.)
The akira answer is correct, but you can add --mirror to create a bare repo (for a slightly smaller backup).
We use the following strategy (almost exactly):
git clone --mirror yourrepo backup.repo
tar cjf backup.repo.tar.bz2 backup.repo
scp backup.tar.bz2 ssh://somewhereelseThen, to recover from your backup:
tar xjf backup.repo.tar.bz2
git clone backup.repo yourrepoI'm using git bundle. For making a copy file (one backup file) execute:
git bundle create backup.bundle masterTo restore the repository with branch master simply clone the backup.bundle file:
git clone backup.bundle -b master my-projectcreate a new clone somewhere else:
% git clone yourepo somewhereelsebtw, git has a repo folder, you can locate it in your working copy underneath the subdirectory .git. every working copy has that "repo folder".
I don't want to repeat other answers (backing up .git directory is a good start that should work well if you're only person working on repo) so I'll just add that you can try our github backup
Full disclosure: I work for company that is making this backup solution.
