--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+T=$(mktemp -d -t -p /var/tmp chef-repository.XXXXXXXXXX)
+D=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+B=chef-repository-$D.tar.gz
+
+ln -s /var/lib/git/chef.git $T/chef-repository-$D
+
+export GZIP="--rsyncable -9"
+
+nice tar --create --gzip --dereference --directory=$T --file=$T/$B chef-repository-$D
+nice rsync $T/$B backup::backup
+
+rm -rf $T