Updating rmbackup's git check to allow for multiple backups in one repo #9
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By checking to see if we're in a work tree, rather than just looking for a `.git` directory, we can have one repo store the backups for all devices
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I have separate git repos for each of my tablets ... I guess it never occurred to me that somebody would want to use a directory within a repo, as their backup directory. I like the idea, but I'm actually in the middle of adding a different feature (adding an option which will read the serial number and I also need to figure out how to handle creating the backup directory structure. I think it will just be a documentation update, but I want to "walk through" it a few times, both in my head and in a work directory on my workstation. Thanks for this - it's not something I personally need, but it does make the script more flexible for others, which is always a good thing. |
The existing check validates that the repo is in git by directly looking for
.gitdirectory. This fails if the backup directory is within a repo, though. My expectation is that all of the commands would still work fine if we didn't run this from the root of the repo, though.Having the command go in one repo I figured out this command which uses a subshell to validate that the
out_diris within a git working tree, seems like a drop-in replacement!Also, this is my first time seeing your work -- killer stuff. Thanks for the countless hours working on this stuff and sharing it for free.