Simple bash version of a gitolite slave.

gitolite-slave.sh

#!/bin/bash 

MASTER="git@example.com"
BASEDIR="/data/gitslave/"

for repo in $(ssh $MASTER | grep '^ R' | awk '{print $3}') ; do
  if [ -d $BASEDIR/$repo ]; then
    cd $BASEDIR/$repo 
    for rbranch in $(git branch -a | grep -v '^*\ master\|HEAD\ -' | awk -F/ '{print $3}'); do  
      git checkout $rbranch
      git pull origin $rbranch 
    done
    cd - &>/dev/null
  else
    git clone $MASTER:$repo $BASEDIR/$repo 
  fi
done  &>/dev/null