Git has powerful merge functionality, and can be used to help keep folders in sync between two systems. The largest hurdle is usually getting your “git remote” set up.
- cd into the directory you’d like to sync
- Type “git init” on your first server to initialize the repo.
- On your second server, type “git clone ssh://user@1.2.3.4/home/user/Folder/”
That should clone your files to the second server. The second server will run the “git-receive-pack” command to communicate with the first system. If you get the error “fatal: protocol error: bad line length character:”, check that the server isn’t breaking the sync with a welcome message. Manually run “ssh user@1.2.3.4 git-receive-pack /home/user/Folder/” to make sure there is no welcome message. If there is, you can modify your bashrc on server 1 to remove any welcome messages.
Or, if you want to keep your welcome message locally, but omit it with ssh:
if [[ -z $SSH_CONNECTION ]]; then
fortune
fi
To sync from server 1 to server 2, add it as a remote
git add remote server2 ssh://user@2.3.4.5/home/user/Folder/”
