Hi,
It wasn't that long ago that the pasky git tree was relocated. This required a modification to the .git directory in a local pull. A dns system could be built to ensure the following:
A) quick easy lookup of archive locations B) handle changes of repository location C) add mirror support
So heres the plan...
I do a lot of work in sip/voip field, and our approach to handling backup proxies and routers is to use a dns srv record.
Here's how it works for voip/sip.
_{protocol}._{transport}.{name}.hostname.orgA sample lookup:
dig SRV _sip._udp.proxy-dca.broadvoice.com
;; QUESTION SECTION: ;_sip._udp.proxy-dca.broadvoice.com. IN SRV
;; ANSWER SECTION:
_sip._udp.proxy-dca.broadvoice.com. 86400 IN SRV 1 0 5060 proxy.mia.broadvoice.com.
_sip._udp.proxy-dca.broadvoice.com. 86400 IN SRV 0 0 5060 proxy.dca.broadvoice.com.
Now of course we could null out some of those fields and swap sip for git and udp for rsync, then replace proxy.foo to rsync://host/path/to/git. Since we're using rsync, mirroring is simplified by just rsyncing the trees.
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