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Re:GitHub is down by TimWolla on Monday July 22, 2019 @12:29PM (#20499601)
Tags are going to be ugly, but branches can simply be merged like any other.

Alternatively you decide the one of the repositories is the primary one, set up a remote called `mirror` and set-up a `post-receive` hook to:

    git push --mirror mirror
Now just ensure no one pushes into the mirror directly. Of course this only works if you control the primary repository.
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Re:GitHub is down by pbhjpbhj on Monday July 22, 2019 @04:32PM (#20502057)
Wasn't the original point to be able to push to the second copy when the first is down .. what's the point (other than backup) of a second "working" copy that you can't use.
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Re:GitHub is down by swinglock on Monday July 22, 2019 @06:25PM (#20502874)
A repo admin or script could enable pushing permissions to the mirror while the primary is down. The when the primary is back up, fast-forward it and change back. Or, just allowing pulling from it and wait to merge until the primary is fixed.
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