On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:39, Adam Spiers <vcs-h...@adamspiers.org> wrote:
> Is your point that a bup remote is persistent (i.e. not lossy) but > does not track history It does track history, but not in a format that is immediately accessible. > whereas a normal annex is the opposite - lossy > (when an annexed file's contents change), but does track changes? Of > course, a normal git commit provides both, but then typically that > history is retained in any clone of the repository. Correct. > If I understand you correctly, it sounds useful to me. Old data > is... well, old data, and is usually only kept for historical purposes > and/or safety. Old data can be useful. Point in case, I may change GPS coordinates in EXIF data and correct timestamps based on that info. Maybe I will even correct white balance, etc. Still, I would want to keep full history forever in _some_ repos. Basically my backup server and the main desktop. All the rest would have up-to-date copies, only. Richard _______________________________________________ vcs-home mailing list vcs-home@lists.madduck.net http://lists.madduck.net/listinfo/vcs-home