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author | http://xgm.de/oid/ <Horus@web> | 2017-02-03 10:08:27 +0000 |
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committer | admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2017-02-03 10:08:27 +0000 |
commit | 869a3b878ea826e7ad6e8d47f012de0ca0f9029d (patch) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/Backup_of_git-annex_repos.mdwn b/doc/forum/Backup_of_git-annex_repos.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1e5663b2f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Backup_of_git-annex_repos.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Hello, + +I use CrashPlan, a proprietary offsite backup system to backup a couple of git-annex repositories. + +CrashPlan backups the symlinks as symlinks as well as the .git directory. So all data is backuped. However, restoring it tedious. + +I identify a file that I want to restore, download it and get only the symlink. Now I can descent into the .git directory and get the correct blob the symlink points to. + +Are there any simple strategies getting a specific file from a git-annex repo if you only have file-based view on the repo? + +I can, of course, use direct mode, that would resolve this issue, but would prefer to use the safer indirect mode. + +Thanks for any ideas! + +Best! |