On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Alaric Snell-Pym <ala...@snell-pym.org.uk>wrote:
> I've written a backup/archival tool based on content-addressible > storage, and a common question people ask is "So why don't I just put my > home directory/entire filesystem in git, then?", and I have to raise > this aspect of the quite different goals between backup and source > control :-) > I note that there are people who *do* put their home directories, .rc files, etc under source control. (IIRC, I've read stories in, like, Linux Journal, lwn.net, blog stories, etc.) I have the distinct impression that, often, at least part of the reason for doing this is that the user has multiple systems they regularly use, and they wish to keep the personal configuration details and I suppose also the personal data stored on/for for each system as consistent between systems as is reasonably achievable to achieve. Joseph
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