GROK-PULL(2013-04-26)

NAME
GROK-PULL - Clone or update local git repositories

SYNOPSIS
grok-pull -c /path/to/repos.conf

DESCRIPTION

This utility runs from a cronjob and downloads the latest manifest from the grokmirror master. If there are new repositories or changes in the existing repositories, grok-pull will perform the necessary git commands to clone or fetch the required data from the master.

At the end of its run, grok-pull will generate its own manifest file, which can then be used for further mirroring.

OPTIONS

--version
    show program's version number and exit

-h, --help
    show this help message and exit

-v, --verbose
    Be verbose and tell us what you are doing

-n, --no-mtime-check
    Run without checking manifest mtime.

-f, --force
    Force full git update regardless of last-modified times. Also useful when repos.conf has changed.

-p, --purge
    Remove any git trees that are no longer in manifest.

-r, --reuse-existing-repos
    If any existing repositories are found on disk, set new remote origin and reuse

-c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
    Location of repos.conf

EXAMPLES

Locate repos.conf and modify it to reflect your needs. The default configuration file is heavily commented.

Add a cronjob to run as frequently as you like. For example, add the following to /etc/cron.d/grokmirror.cron:

# Run grok-pull every minute as user "mirror"
* * * * * mirror /usr/bin/grok-pull -p -c /etc/grokmirror/repos.conf

Make sure the user "mirror" (or whichever user you specified) is able to write to the toplevel, log and lock locations specified in repos.conf.

SEE ALSO

•   grok-manifest(1)

•   grok-fsck(1)

•   git(1)

SUPPORT

Please send support requests to the mailing list:

http://lists.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/grokmirror

AUTHOR
mricon@kernel.org License: GPLv3+

COPYRIGHT
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