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Re: how to backup git

From
HOHeikki Orsila <shdl@zakalwe.fi>
Date
May 12, 2008, 19:10 UTC
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<20080512191002.GQ31039@zakalwe.fi>
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<73584838-DF17-4CDB-92CA-363ED9DA9582@gmail.com>
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:58:07PM -0600, Tim Harper wrote:
> In our case, we  
> don't bother with repository backups here.  Everyone developer has a  
> full copy of the repository, and any one of them could be used to  
> create a new "central" git repository.

So you assume everyone syncs everyone else often enough. I don't think many organizations want to rely on that assumption. The point is to have a simple, efficient and manageable backup system that does _not_ require knowledge of Git internals.

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Heikki Orsila
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