<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 3:03 PM Gauthier, Chris <<a href="mailto:cgauthier@comscore.com">cgauthier@comscore.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div>We setup rancid and, more specifically Git, to automatically push the local repo commit by rancid to the remote repo.  This eliminates having to mount filesystems and gives you a nice backup.  Plus, if the remote repo has a GUI, you can have "pretty" access to your backups.<br><br>--Chris<br><br><br><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="padding:10px 0px;vertical-align:middle"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%;font-size:0px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px;color:rgb(228,61,48);font-style:normal;font-weight:400;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr style="font-size:14.67px"><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Chris<span style="font-family:remialcxesans;font-size:1px;color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1px"></span> </td><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Gauthier</td><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Arial"> Senior Network Engineer</td><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top;font-family:Arial"> | </td><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Arial">Comscore<br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="padding:3px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-style:normal;font-weight:400;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr style="font-size:14.67px"><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top;font-family:Arial">t +1 <a href="tel:(503)%20331-2704" id="gmail-m_-1964882918051862995LPlnk689713" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68)" target="_blank"><strong style="font-weight:400">(503) 331-2704</strong></a></td><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top;color:rgb(228,61,48);font-family:Arial"> | <br></td><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top;font-family:Arial"><a href="mailto:cgauthier@comscore.com" id="gmail-m_-1964882918051862995LPlnk689713" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68)" target="_blank"><strong style="font-weight:400">cgauthier@comscore.com</strong></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="padding:2px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-style:normal;font-weight:400;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr style="font-size:14.67px"><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.comscore.com/" id="gmail-m_-1964882918051862995LPlnk689713" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><strong style="font-weight:400">comscore.com</strong></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="padding:10px 0px 2px;vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="white-space:normal;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:10.67px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-align:justify;width:500px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:10.67px"><td style="font-family:Arial">This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is private, confidential, or protected by attorney-client or other privilege. If you received this e-mail in error, please delete it from your system and notify sender.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Rancid-discuss <<a href="mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net" target="_blank">rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net</a>> on behalf of heasley <<a href="mailto:heas@shrubbery.net" target="_blank">heas@shrubbery.net</a>><br>Date: Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 10:34 AM<br>To: Doug Hughes <<a href="mailto:doug.hughes@keystonenap.com" target="_blank">doug.hughes@keystonenap.com</a>><br>Cc: "<a href="mailto:rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net" target="_blank">rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net" target="_blank">rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net</a>><br>Subject: Re: [rancid] Rancid - Changing Config Backup Directory<br><br>Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 01:16:43PM -0400, Doug Hughes:<br>> Any reason you don't just have a regular process that clones your<br>> version control repository? (whether it's svn or cvs or git, it makes no<br>> difference, per se)<br>> <br>> Once you set it up, you just automate the synchronization process.<br><br>only "clone"ing in git retains your history (ie: is complete).  which is<br>why i suggested switching.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Git with a hook is the tidiest, but if there is an existing CVS repo, then rsync with  --cvs-exclude etc could be an option.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Arne</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>