Merge pull request #3 from damien-list/master

[git-mirror.git] / README.md

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@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ The next step is to add this as a webhook to the GitHub repository you want to
 sync with, to create a fresh SSH key and configure it as deployment key for the 
 repository, and to configure git-mirror accordingly. For additional security, 
 one should also configure a shared HMAC secret, such that the webhook can verify 
 sync with, to create a fresh SSH key and configure it as deployment key for the 
 repository, and to configure git-mirror accordingly. For additional security, 
 one should also configure a shared HMAC secret, such that the webhook can verify 

-that the data indeed comes from GitHub.
+that the data indeed comes from GitHub.  On the git-mirror side, the HMAC secret
+is configured with the `hmac-secret` repository option.

 
 To make your job easier, there is a script `github-add-hooks.py` that can do 
 all this for you. It assumes that the repository exists on the GitHub side, but 
 
 To make your job easier, there is a script `github-add-hooks.py` that can do 
 all this for you. It assumes that the repository exists on the GitHub side, but 


@@ -126,6 +127,10 @@ either gitolite or GitHub will be visible on the other side
 immediately. This applies even to pull requests that you merge in the
 GitHub web interface.
 
 immediately. This applies even to pull requests that you merge in the
 GitHub web interface.
 

+The script will only sync branches when they get pushed to. To initialize the
+GitHub repository with all the branches that already exist, you can do `git push
+--all git@github.com:user/repo`.
+

 ## Source, License
 
 You can find the sources in the [git
 ## Source, License
 
 You can find the sources in the [git