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Re: git as backup and file sync system

From
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 2, 2010, 19:35 UTC
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Heya,
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 13:16, Simon <turner25@gmail.com> wrote:
>  I'm not sure if this post will be very welcome, but I'd like your
> feedback or suggestions.  I've been reading Jon Loeliger's book about
> git and I've understood many many things.  I'm interested in using git
> as a backup and sync system between computers.

You might want to look into 'bup', [0] designed specifically for that purpose. It seems like introduction post about it on apenwarr.ca is down though [1].

[0] http://github.com/apenwarr/bup [1] http://apenwarr.ca/log/?m=201001#04

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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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