On 09/04/2015 06:32 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Michael Orlitzky <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 09/04/2015 01:09 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> Similar to the recent thread on cloning... >>> >>> I don't know and have never even used Git, but I need to get a complete >>> and total backup of an entire Git repository > > I'd definitely recommend using "git bundle" for this.
For a "complete and total backup" my money's on tar. Using `git bundle` is a nice way to package "commitish" things like commits, tags, and branches, but there's a lot it will lose: stashed files, uncommitted files, local repo configuration, and all hooks. Those can be especially important dealing with outsourced developers who do all sorts of goofy things they shouldn't do.
