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Export settings for an IIS-site and/or its pool

Steps to export:

1.	Open a command prompt (cmd.exe) as an administrator.
2.	Navigate to the folder of "appcmd.exe", usually by running "cd C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv".
3.	Export all site-info by running the command "appcmd.exe list SITE/config /xml > C:\SiteSettings.xml"
4.	Export all pool-info by running the command "appcmd.exe list APPPOOL /config /xml > C:\PoolSettings.xml"
5.	Export IIS-server settings by command "appcmd.exe list CONFIG /config /xml > C:\IISSettings.xml"

To do import of a XML-file, run "appcmd.exe add site /in < C:\SiteSettings.xml"

Restore dates of files in a GIT repository

PowerShell-script utilizing GIT to restore dates of files:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse | ForEach-Object {
    $commitTime = git log -1 --format='%ai' -- $_.FullName
    if ($commitTime) {
        $_.LastWriteTime = $commitTime
    }
}