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#+title: lohr
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=lohr= is a Git mirroring tool.
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I created it to solve a simple problem I had: I host my own git server at
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[[https://git.alarsyo.net]], but want to mirror my public projects to GitHub /
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GitLab, for backup and visibility purposes.
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GitLab has a mirroring setting, but it doesn't allow for multiple mirrors, as
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far as I know. I also wanted my instance to be the single source of truth.
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2021-03-29 23:10:52 +02:00
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** How it works
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Gitea is setup to send webhooks to my =lohr= server on every push update. When
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=lohr= receives a push, it clones the concerned repository, or updates it if
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already cloned. Then it pushes the update to *all remotes listed* in the [[file:.lohr][.lohr]]
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file at the repo root.
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2021-03-29 23:10:52 +02:00
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*** Destructive
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This is a very destructive process: anything removed from the single source of
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truth is effectively removed from any mirror as well.
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2021-03-29 17:42:03 +02:00
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2021-03-29 23:10:52 +02:00
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** Why lohr?
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I was looking for a cool name, and thought about the Magic Mirror in Snow White.
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Some *[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Mirror_(Snow_White)][furious wikipedia searching]]* later, I found that the Magic Mirror was
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probably inspired by [[http://spessartmuseum.de/seiten/schneewittchen_engl.html][the Talking Mirror in Lohr am Main]]. That's it, that's the
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story.
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