Re: git as backup and file sync system

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Hey thanks guys!

This looks cool, I mean, I don't really care that it doesn't support
everything topshape, I'm sure I can manage something with this.  I'll
clearly look into it.  What I like most is that development on it is
alive now. =)

Simon

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 13:16, Simon <turner25@xxxxxxxxx> 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
>
> Yeah, sorry, apenwarr.ca is flakey at the best of times.  It takes after me :)
>
> Disclaimer: bup does lots of neat backup-related stuff, but it doesn't
> *yet* support detailed metadata.  We're working on it:
> http://groups.google.com/group/bup-list/browse_thread/thread/e899a579a6f7ae55
>
> If you're only storing a relatively small number of files (say /etc),
> then something like etckeeper might do what you want.  Or more
> generally, metastore (which etckeeper uses):
> http://david.hardeman.nu/software.php
>
> Unfortunately neither git nor metastore can handle the high data
> volumes that bup is aimed at (ie. your entire filesystem, including
> huge files), which is why bup exists.  Give it a few weeks and we
> should have some decent metadata handling in place though.
>
> Have fun,
>
> Avery
>
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