Re: [PATCH v2] packfile: freshen the mtime of packfile by configuration

From: Martin Fick <mfick@codeaurora.org>
Date: Jul 14, 2021, 19:11 UTC
Message-ID: <12435060.NHVMl2pYiE@mfick-lnx>
In-Reply-To: <877dhs20x3.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>

On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 8:19:15 PM MDT Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

> The best way to get backups of git repositories you know are correct are
> is to use git's own transport mechanisms, i.e. fetch/pull the data, or
> create bundles from it.

I don't think this is a fair recommendation since unfortunately, this cannot be used to create a full backup. This can be used to back up the version controlled data, but not the repositories meta-data, i.e. configs, reflogs, alternate setups...

-Martin

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