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Githole allows you to automatically synchronize files and folders across one or more machines. What it lacks in features it gains in *total user control* of the repository. It can be as large and/or tightly-secured as you want!\n\nThe idea is you have one master githole repository on a server, and many cloned slave repositories. Automatic synchronization is facilitated by the githole sync script. 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Find a computer with sufficient space to stick your githole, and initialize a naked repo:\n\n    mkdir mygithole.git\n    cd mygithole.git\n    git init --bare\n\n### Slave githole repositories\n\nGithole slaves are just a clone of the master githole repository (see ``git help clone`` for valid Git URLs):\n\n    git clone ssh://yourusername@server.address.org/path/to/mygithole.git\n\n## Usage\n\nTo start auto-synchronizing your githole, just download and run the ``githole`` script specifying the githole slave repository and the synchronization duration:\n\n    ./githole /path/to/your/slave/mygithole 300    # Auto sync \"mygithole\" every 5 minutes\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frobatron%2Fgithole","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Frobatron%2Fgithole","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frobatron%2Fgithole/lists"}