grok-pull (1) Linux Manual Page

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.

-y, –pretty

Pretty-print the generated manifest (sort repos and add indentation). This is much slower, so should be used with caution on large collections.

-r, –no-reuse-existing-repos

If any existing repositories are found on disk, do NOT set new remote origin and reuse, just skip them entirely

-m, –verify-mirror

Do not perform any updates, just verify that mirror matches upstream manifest.

-s SUBPATH, –verify-subpath=SUBPATH

Only verify a subpath (accepts shell globbing)

-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

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grok-manifest(1)

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grok-fsck(1)

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git(1)

SUPPORT

Please send support requests to the mailing list:

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

AUTHOR

mricon [at] kernel.org

License: GPLv3+

COPYRIGHT

The Linux Foundation and contributors

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