Tips & Tricks

tips.md

Git

• Edit an incorrect commit message in Git:

  git commit --amend -m "New commit message"
  

• GitHub Flavored Mardkown

Rsync Archive

• What is archive mode in rsync?

  rsync -avzP /home/myname/ /media/externaldrive

• add to crontab source

  crontab -e
  
  # backup everything in my home directory everyday at 5 past midnight
  5 0 * * * /usr/bin/rsync -avzP /home/myname/ /media/externaldrive