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Re: backups with git

From
Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 10, 2009, 13:20 UTC
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<46a038f90908100620l2ddc9fa9t507990bae58d6031@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Roald de Vries<rdv@roalddevries.nl> wrote:
> I'm thinking of using git as a backup solution for my whole system, setting
There are lots of little problems. The two main ones are, IMHO
 - permissions & ownership
 - large files

Some ppl use it for their homedir, and it can be a moderate success as long as they don't deal with large files.

cheers,
m
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