{"thread":{"id":"13129","subject":"Git as a backup solution","startedAt":"2008-04-15T21:59:25Z","lastAt":"2008-04-15T21:59:25Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Thomas Harning"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"74482","messageId":"20080415175925.2810affa@gmail.com","threadId":"13129","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Git as a backup solution","fromName":"Thomas Harning","fromEmail":"harningt@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-04-15T21:59:25Z","receivedAt":"2008-04-15T21:59:25Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"harningt@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/a79ddd43da8c8f1f899cd75b7b95cc5f3b2ba5643400468988b1a12c86b75d08?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"I've seen a few things out there that permits the use of Git as a\nbackup system...\n\nThe only one that seems to 'really' be able to store everything in a\nGit repository is 'gibak', implemented in Ocaml...\n\nOthers seem to mostly fit the note, except for the fact that they\ncannot store .git directories (kind of important for a 'generic' backup\nsolution)....  \nIt'd be interesting to see what a backup solution could\ndo WRT taking advantage of a given .git repository in packing even\nbetter by doing something like taking a stash of the current state of\na git workspace + other files not being tracked by it for smaller\npacks.........\n\nAre there any others out there?\n"}]}