On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists@karan.org> wrote:
> On 08/19/2014 04:54 PM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
>>> We will also be upgrading to a new version of gitblit for git.centos.org
>>> before we actually roll in the CentOS-6 sources, though I will begin the
>>> list generation before we actually start the gitblit upgrade process.
>>
>> Will there be an rsync target available for the git repos and look-aside
>> sources?
>>
>> https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=7185
>>
>
> I'd like to be able to offer rsync from there as well, but there are a
> few challenges that need resolved first. For the binary content cache,
> we can likely run the rsync instance from the backup machine so there is
> no network load on the production box. For the git repos its a bit
> harder since there are private or working-in-progress repos in there as
> well, and we need to find a way to mask those out.
>
> Certainly worth trying to get to.

Use GPG signed git tags to assure provenance, and the repository can
be safely cloned. Rsyncing a git repo is like rsyncing a CVS or
Subversion reository. Even small changes in the midst of the rsync
operation can corrupt the underlying database.