How to mirror Github and VS Online?

Question

I have my code in a private Github.com repo, and also in a private Microsoft Visual Studio Online git repo. Now I want to mirror / sync them automaticly. So that when I checkin something to Github, it also pushes to VS Online, and vice versa.

I know how to do this 'client-side', by adding extra push-remotes to my local repo. But is it possible to do this 'server-side' too? Using Github Webhooks or something from Microsoft?

Because otherwise I must instruct everyone who wants to work on the code, to add both remotes, or am I wrong?

Answer 1

1. Add GitHub service endpoint to your VSTS (Setting > Service)
2. Create an Empty build definition with GitHub repository in your VSTS
3. Select Repository tab and specify Connection, Repository and Default branch. (set Clean to true, clear source directory)
4. Select Triggers tab and check Continuous integration, Batch changes and specify Branch filters

5. Select Options tab and check Allow Scripts to Access OAuth Token

6. Select Build tab and add a PowerShell task with the following script to sync all branches.

git branch -r | findstr /v "\->" | ForEach-Object {$br=$_.TrimStart(); git branch --track $br.TrimStart("origin/") $br} $repoName = "$env:BUILD_REPOSITORY_NAME".split('/')[1] $repoUri = "$env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI".Substring(8)+ "_git/$repoName" git remote add vsts "https://$env:SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN@$repoUri" git branch -r | findstr /v "\->" | ForEach-Object { $br=$_.TrimStart(" origin/"); git push -u vsts $br }