Example of a script for backing up Jenkins config in git.

jenkins-git-backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Modified version of https://gist.github.com/choldrim/b0862264bda0f6a2e4ae and
# https://gist.github.com/abayer/527063a4519f205efc74

# Copies certain kinds of known files and directories from a given Jenkins master directory
# into a git repo, removing any old ones, adds 'em, commits 'em, pushes 'em.
set -ex

if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
  echo usage: $0 jenkins_home git_repos_url git_repos_name
  exit 1
fi

JENKINS_HOME=$1
GIT_REMOTE_URL=$2
GIT_REPOS_NAME=$3

rm -rf ${GIT_REPOS_NAME}
git clone -c user.name="Connectors team" -c user.email="[email protected]" \
    ${GIT_REMOTE_URL} ${GIT_REPOS_NAME}

cd ${GIT_REPOS_NAME}

rsync -av --delete \
    --exclude="jobConfigHistory" \
    --exclude="war" \
    --exclude="config-history" \
    --exclude=".hudson" \
    --exclude=".ivy2" \
    --exclude=".m2" \
    --exclude="lost+found" \
    --exclude="/plugins" \
    --exclude="/jobs/*/builds" \
    --include="*/" \
    --include="*config.xml" \
    --include="/jobs/*/config.xml" \
    --include="/jobs/*/nextBuildNumber" \
    --include="/users/*" \
    --include="*.hpi" \
    --include="*.jpi" \
    --include="*pinned" \
    --include="*disabled" \
    --include="/scriptler" \
    --include="/secrets" \
    --include="*.xml" \
    --include="*.key" \
    --exclude="*" \
    --prune-empty-dirs ${JENKINS_HOME}/ .

git add -A

git commit -m "Jenkins ${JENKINS_MASTER} config backup for $(date)"

git push origin master

## example
# ./jenkins-git-backup.sh [email protected]:/var/lib/jenkins [email protected]:choldrim/deepin-jenkins-git.git deepin-jenkins-git

• Added default parameters for git
• Fixed rsync parameters list
• Excluded more folders from rsync list

Good add, the only thing missing, I believe, is

--include=".ssh/*" \