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author | https://id.koumbit.net/anarcat <https://id.koumbit.net/anarcat@web> | 2015-11-11 14:53:12 +0000 |
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committer | admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2015-11-11 14:53:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/Modus_operandi_for_local_full_backup/comment_3_6089f53d8af5746f2a410d0214567943._comment b/doc/forum/Modus_operandi_for_local_full_backup/comment_3_6089f53d8af5746f2a410d0214567943._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f388d57b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Modus_operandi_for_local_full_backup/comment_3_6089f53d8af5746f2a410d0214567943._comment @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://id.koumbit.net/anarcat" + subject="comment 3" + date="2015-11-11T14:53:11Z" + content=""" +that is so: git annex doesn't \"backup\" very well other git repositories. it's probably possible, but that's not really what git-annex is designed for. git-annex is [[not]] a backup system: it's more like an archival system. so if you want to backup your whole system and keep history, the [[not]] page recommends [[bup]], but i would also recommend [borg](http://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/). + +if you have git repos: backup those using your regular backup system, git-annex won't help you there. you can clone the repos using git, use rsync and whatnot. git itself keeps history and unless you royally mess up, git is pretty forgiving. + +for large files: create topical git-annex repositories. i have one for \"music\", \"video\", \"podcasts\", and so on. those are managed on a per-repo basis. + +so when i do my \"backups\" (which include \"archiving\" as well now), i connect the hard drives in my computer, run the `borg` (or `bup`) backup and then run `git annex sync --content` on all my git-annex repositories. that way new files in the git-annex repositories are synced to the external drive and files not managed by git-annex (yes, including non-git-annex git repos) are backed up as well. + +hope that helps +"""]] |