A complete backup of a git branch

Question

What is the best way to backup a complete branch from a local git repository on one PC with the purpose of adding it to a local git repository on another PC.

In the case where the remote git repository server is offline due to failures on their end.

Answer 1

First, you can make a local clone of your current repo, including only your branch:

git clone -b mybranch --single-branch /path/to/your/local/repo.git

Then you can make a bundle of that repo, in order to easily save it (a bundle is a Git repo, compressed into one file).

If you have the possibility to make a bare empty repo somewhere accessible (even through a simple shared folder), you could simply push your branch to it.

Answer 2

as oneliner for per minute backup ... ( this will bloat your git branch -a )

 git branch $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)--$(date "+%Y%m%d_%H%M") && git branch -a | grep -i $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)

which is actually a 2 liner:

git branch $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)--$(date "+%Y%m%d_%H%M");
git branch -a | grep -i $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)