How to update a git clone --mirror

Question

I have created a git repository to mirror a live site  which is a non-bare git repository    git clone --mirror ssh   user example com path to repo   Now  to keep this mirror clone updated with all changes from its remote origin  which command or commands I must use   I d like to keep everything updated  commits  refs  hooks  branches  etc   Thanks

User · Accepted Answer

This is the command that you need to execute on the mirror   git remote update

User · Answer

See here  Git doesn  39 t clone all branches on subsequent clones   If you really want this by pulling branches instead of push --mirror  you can have a look here    quot fetch --all quot  in a git bare repository doesn  39 t synchronize local branches to the remote ones  This answer provides detailed steps on how to achieve that relatively easily

User · Answer

Regarding commits  refs  branches and  et cetera   Magnus answer just works  git remote update    But unfortunately there is no way to clone   mirror   update the hooks  as I wanted      I have found this very interesting thread about cloning mirroring the hooks   http   kerneltrap org mailarchive git 2007 8 28 256180 thread  I learned    The hooks are not considered part of the repository contents  There is more data  like the  git description folder  which does not get cloned  just as the hooks  The default hooks that appear in the hooks dir comes from the TEMPLATE DIR There is this interesting template feature on git    So  I may either ignore this  clone the hooks thing   or go for a rsync strategy  given the purposes of my mirror  backup   source for other clones  only    Well    I will just forget about hooks cloning  and stick to the git remote update way    Sehe has just pointed out that not only  hooks  aren t managed by the clone   update process  but also stashes  rerere  etc    So  for a strict backup  rsync or equivalent would really be the way to go  As this is not really necessary in my case  I can afford not having hooks  stashes  and so on   like I said  I will stick to the remote update    Thanks  Improved a bit of my own  git-fu      -

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