I see. that seems straight forward then ... how time consuming is such a 
move?

Sincerely, Joh

On Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 7:36:02 PM UTC+2 unman wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 09:42:49AM -0700, balin wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I urgently need to backup (and version control) my by now relative 
> > elaborate salt config.
> > 
> > The plan is to manage it in a `git` repo in a dedicated Vm (whether I 
> push 
> > it to some private online repo still needs some contemplation).
> > A shell script will
> > a) copy/sync the salt dir to the `git` vm
> > b) execute git add/commit(and possibly push) there
> > 
> > >From this proposition the need arises to sync an entire directory from 
> > `dom0` to the `git` vm. I found 
> > `https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copy-from-dom0/` 
> <https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copy-from-dom0/> and consequently 
> `qvm-copy-to-vm 
> > <target_vm> <file>` ...
> > I can see a workflow of packing the salt dir to a *.zip or some such, 
> > copying that, unpacking it on the `git` vm through `qrexec` and 
> preoceeding 
> > with git operations ... somewhat inelegant.
> > Is there any other means of syncing an entire directory tree from `dom0` 
> to 
> > a vm?
> > 
> > Thanks for any pointers.
> > 
> > Sincerely, Joh
> > 
>
> qvm-copy-to-vm will take a directory as an argument.
> You will have to then sync the files from QubesIncoming/dom0 to your git
> repo, but that is trivial.
>

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