README update

Will create a backup branch of all the changes and then reset the working copy

README.md

@@ -84,6 +84,23 @@ Sample
 [2025-07-04 16:06:31] [<uniq id>] [END]
 ```
 
+#### What happens to local changes
+
+Any local changes are stored in a backup branch and then reset and cleaned up. No local changes should be commited or synced up, this would break the pull only flow.
+
+If there are changes and they have been reset it will show up in the log like this
+
+```log
+...
+[2026-01-22 14:31:02] [F4222EC4] [!] Local or cached changes detected, creating backup branch and resetting changes
+[2026-01-22 14:31:02] [F4222EC4] Reset log: HEAD is now at 633f6de Uppdate 14
+...
+```
+
+If a clean up was run too it will show up as "Clean log" after the Reset log.
+
+The reset will only reset local or cached changs (added) but not changed that have been commited. If changes have been commited a manual reset has to be done.
+
 ## TODO
 
 Future versions will hold an incoming webhook handler and a polling scripts (systemd based)

src/bin/git_sync.sh

@@ -33,9 +33,28 @@ GIT_COMMAND=("${GIT_COMMAND_BASE[@]}" "-C" "${GIT_REPOSITORY_FOLDER}" "fetch" "-
 "${GIT_COMMAND[@]}"
 # check diff for if we need to update
 GIT_COMMAND=("${GIT_COMMAND_BASE[@]}" "-C" "${GIT_REPOSITORY_FOLDER}" "diff" "--stat" "HEAD" "${REMOTE_NAME}/${BRANCH}")
+# In general all data that should not be checked in should be in the .gitignore file
 changes=$("${GIT_COMMAND[@]}" 2>&1)
 if [ -n "${changes}" ]; then
 	echo "[$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")] [${unique_id}] [START] git merge ${GIT_REPOSITORY_FOLDER} ${REMOTE_NAME}/${BRANCH}" &>> "$LOG_FILE";
+	# check if there are local changes, make a backup branch and reset them
+	local_changes=$("${GIT_COMMAND_BASE[@]}" "-C" "${GIT_REPOSITORY_FOLDER}" "diff" "--quiet");
+	cached_changed=$("${GIT_COMMAND_BASE[@]}" "-C" "${GIT_REPOSITORY_FOLDER}" "diff" "--quiet" "--cached");
+	if $local_changes || $cached_changed; then
+		echo "[$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")] [${unique_id}] [!] Local or cached changes detected, creating backup branch and resetting changes" &>> "$LOG_FILE";
+		GIT_COMMAND=("${GIT_COMMAND_BASE[@]}" "-C" "${GIT_REPOSITORY_FOLDER}" "branch" "backup-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)")
+		"${GIT_COMMAND[@]}";
+		# Reset everything
+		GIT_COMMAND=("${GIT_COMMAND_BASE[@]}" "-C" "${GIT_REPOSITORY_FOLDER}" "reset" "--hard" "HEAD")
+		log_data=$("${GIT_COMMAND[@]}" 2>&1);
+		echo "[$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")] [${unique_id}] Reset log: ${log_data}" &>> "$LOG_FILE";
+		GIT_COMMAND=("${GIT_COMMAND_BASE[@]}" "-C" "${GIT_REPOSITORY_FOLDER}" "clean" "-fd")
+		log_data=$("${GIT_COMMAND[@]}" 2>&1);
+		if [ -n "${log_data}" ]; then
+			echo "[$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")] [${unique_id}] Clean log: ${log_data}" &>> "$LOG_FILE";
+		fi;
+	fi;
+	# MERGE
 	GIT_COMMAND=("${GIT_COMMAND_BASE[@]}" "-C" "${GIT_REPOSITORY_FOLDER}" merge "${REMOTE_NAME}/${BRANCH}")
 	log_data=$("${GIT_COMMAND[@]}" 2>&1);
 	echo "[$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")] [${unique_id}] ${log_data}" &>> "$LOG_FILE";

src/bin/new_clone.sh

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ else
 fi;
 # set remote host if not set to the ssh config name
 if [ -z "${REMOTE_HOST}" ]; then
-	REMOTE_HOST="${GIT_REPOSITORY_NAME}";
+	REMOTE_HOST="$(basename "${REPOSITORY}" .git)";
 fi;
 if [ $error -eq 1 ]; then
 	exit;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fi;
 error=0
 echo "* Validate SSH PEM Key exist and SSH config";
 if ! grep "Host ${REMOTE_HOST}" "${GIT_WEBHOOK_BASE_FOLDER}"/.ssh/config; then
-	echo "[!] ssh config entry for Host ${REMOTE_HOST} is missing";
+	echo "[!] ssh config entry for Host ${REMOTE_HOST} is missing in ${GIT_WEBHOOK_BASE_FOLDER}/.ssh/config";
 	error=1;
 else
 	# make sure the identiy file is there