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Re: Backup.



On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 02:21:45PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hello,

[...]

> Git has some properties that are desirable for general backup
> purposes, but also some fairly huge downsides. For example:
> 
> - It's not efficient or performant for storing large binary files.

[...]

Plus, it doesn't record file ownership (for general backup,
this *is* important).

I'm a fan of rsync. If you want to keep more than one generation,
--link-dest or --compare-dest, as has been stated elsewhere in
this thread, are your friends.

Cheers
-- 
t

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