2009/8/10 Roald de Vries <rdv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Dear all, > > I'm thinking of using git as a backup solution for my whole system, setting > my $GIT_DIR to something like "/backupdisc/backup". Does that seem sensible? > In his Google tech talk, Linus said that git was not good at huge projects; > I guess that would apply to backups. On the other hand, maybe a backup > doesn't need to be as fast as he wants git to be for projects. Has anybody > used git like this? And was it a good experience? Perhaps you want something more like btrfs. John -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html