You can use git as a backup system, I do for some of my files. Beware,
however, that every version of every file you commit will be saved... if you
have large files that change frequently the repo could grow very large.
Most "real" backup systems on keep a certain number of backups or for a
certain timeframe, thus pruning out old files from the system. Git won't do
that.
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On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Rick <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I am customizing a product we purchased from a vendor. Many of the
> files were provided by the vendor. And many of the files were
> provided by me. I write C and C++ code that forms "rules" for the
> vendor's engine to execute. Also, the users of this product can make
> changes through their GUI. These changes go to some files under a
> giant directory tree. I don't know which file goes with which GUI
> feature. For many of the files, I don't know how they're formatted,
> or what the file means.
>
> Apparently, restoring a tape backup is slow and cumbersome at our
> facility. Since the git repository is already backed up, it is
> desired to use git as a backup method. At the end of each day, every
> file under the giant directory tree would be applied to git. If we
> want to have a picture of "the way it was at the end of last
> Thursday," we could get it, if we are patient enough.
>
> It feels a little perverse, since normally files are promulgated from
> a repository, and in this case they would flow from production *into*
> the repository. But it might work. Has anyone ever tried this? Are
> there caveats you have discovered that I should consider?
>
> >
>
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