Re: Using git as a general backup mechanism (was Re: Using GIT to store /etc)

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Hi,

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Steven Grimm wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > $ git pull --depth 1
> > 
> > Though it needs a server _and_ a client supporting shallow clones, 
> > which support is brewed in "next" right now.
> 
> Will that actually discard old revisions that are already stored 
> locally?

No. A pull should _never_ lose anything from the repository. However, if 
some objects become no-longer reachable (and at the moment it looks like 
we cut of history, even if we should not need to), they can be pruned from 
the repo.

Hth,
Dscho

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