git-cache-meta.sh

#!/bin/sh -e

#git-cache-meta -- simple file meta data caching and applying.
#Simpler than etckeeper, metastore, setgitperms, etc.
#from http://www.kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2009/1/9/4654694
#modified by n1k
# - save all files metadata not only from other users
# - save numeric uid and gid

# 2012-03-05 - added filetime, andris9

: ${GIT_CACHE_META_FILE=.git_cache_meta}

if [ -n "$(find -prune -printf '%Tz %Az\n' | tr -d ' 0-9+-')" ]; then
echo "%z not supported in 'strftime' in C library." >&2
exit 1
fi

case $@ in
    --store|--stdout)
    case $1 in --store) exec > $GIT_CACHE_META_FILE; esac
    git ls-files -z | xargs -0 -I NAME find NAME \
        \( -printf 'chown -h %U ' -exec ls --quoting-style=shell '{}' \; \) , \
        \( -printf 'chgrp -h %G ' -exec ls --quoting-style=shell '{}' \; \) , \
        \( \! -type l -printf 'chmod %#m ' -exec ls --quoting-style=shell '{}' \; \) , \
        \( -printf 'touch -c -h -m -d "%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM:%TS %Tz" ' -exec ls --quoting-style=shell '{}' \; \) , \
        \( -printf 'touch -c -h -a -d "%AY-%Am-%Ad %AH:%AM:%AS %Az" ' -exec ls --quoting-style=shell '{}' \; \) ;;
    --apply) sh -e $GIT_CACHE_META_FILE;;
    *) 1>&2 echo "Usage: $0 --store|--stdout|--apply"; exit 1;;
esac

instructions.md

source:

git-cache-meta --store

destination:

git-cache-meta --apply

s3.md

Download jgit.sh

Config

cat > ~/.jgit
accesskey: aws access key
secretkey: aws secret access key
<Ctrl-D>

Setup repo

git remote add origin amazon-s3://.jgit@bucket.name/repo-name.git

Push

jgit push origin master

Clone

jgit clone amazon-s3://.jgit@bucket.name/repo-name.git

Pull

jgit fetch
git merge origin/master