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[[GIT]] is a distributed source code management system. For the purpose of this document, GIT's basic feature is that it allows to keep the whole history of a directory tree and track all changes. The basic idea of using GIT as a backup tool is that you can clone you moodledata directory on other disk and/or computer. | [[GIT]] is a distributed source code management system. For the purpose of this document, GIT's basic feature is that it allows to keep the whole history of a directory tree and track all changes. The basic idea of using GIT as a backup tool is that you can clone you moodledata directory on other disk and/or computer. | ||
Transform your moodledata into the git repository: | Transform your moodledata into the git repository: | ||
cd /srv/www/moodledata | |||
git init | git init | ||
git add . | git add . | ||
git commit -m "Initial commit of moodledata" | git commit -m "Initial commit of moodledata" | ||
Put following commands into the cronjob | |||
cd /srv/www/moodledata | |||
git add . | |||
git commit -a -m "AUTO: committed changes in moodledata" | |||
Create a backup clone on local machine, e.g. on a separate disk | Create a backup clone on local machine, e.g. on a separate disk | ||
git clone --no-hardlinks --bare /srv/www/ | cd /mnt/backup | ||
git clone --no-hardlinks --bare /srv/www/moodledata/.git datamoodle.git | |||
Push changes into a bare clone | |||
cd /srv/www/moodledata | |||
git push /mnt/backup/datamoodle.git |
Revision as of 08:28, 8 April 2008
GIT is a distributed source code management system. For the purpose of this document, GIT's basic feature is that it allows to keep the whole history of a directory tree and track all changes. The basic idea of using GIT as a backup tool is that you can clone you moodledata directory on other disk and/or computer.
Transform your moodledata into the git repository:
cd /srv/www/moodledata git init git add . git commit -m "Initial commit of moodledata"
Put following commands into the cronjob
cd /srv/www/moodledata git add . git commit -a -m "AUTO: committed changes in moodledata"
Create a backup clone on local machine, e.g. on a separate disk
cd /mnt/backup git clone --no-hardlinks --bare /srv/www/moodledata/.git datamoodle.git
Push changes into a bare clone
cd /srv/www/moodledata git push /mnt/backup/datamoodle.git