Example of a script for backing up Jenkins config in git.

jenkins-git-backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Copies certain kinds of known files and directories from a given Jenkins master directory
# into a git repo, removing any old ones, adds 'em, commits 'em, pushes 'em.
set -ex

if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
  echo usage: $0 jenkins_home git_repos_url git_repos_name
  exit 1
fi

JENKINS_HOME=$1
GIT_REMOTE_URL=$2
GIT_REPOS_NAME=$3

rm -rf ${GIT_REPOS_NAME}
git clone ${GIT_REMOTE_URL}

cd ${GIT_REPOS_NAME}

rsync -av --delete --exclude="jobConfigHistory" \
    --exclude="war" \
    --exclude="config-history" \
    --exclude=".hudson" \
    --exclude=".ivy2" \
    --exclude=".m2" \
    --exclude="lost+found" \
    --include="*config.xml" \
    --include="jobs/*/builds/*/log" \
    --include="users/*" \
    --include="*.hpi" \
    --include="*.jpi" \
    --include="*pinned" \
    --include="*disabled" \
    --include="scriptler/*" \
    --include="secrets/*" \
    --include="*.xml" \
    --include="*.key" \
    --exclude="*" \
    --prune-empty-dirs ${JENKINS_HOME}/ .

git add -A

git commit -m "Jenkins ${JENKINS_MASTER} config backup for $(date)"

git push origin master

## example
# ./jenkins-git-backup.sh jenkins@10.0.2.196:/var/lib/jenkins git@git.oschina.net:choldrim/deepin-jenkins-git.git deepin-jenkins-git