Documentation/git-bundle.txt: discuss naïve backups
It might be naïve to think that those who need this education would end up here in the first place. But I think it’s good to mention this high-level concept here on a command which provides a backup strategy. Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>maint
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DISCUSSION
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A naive way to make a full backup of a repository is to use something to
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the effect of `cp -r <repo> <destination>`. This is discouraged since
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the repository could be written to during the copy operation. In turn
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some files at `<destination>` could be corrupted.
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This is why it is recommended to use Git tooling for making repository
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backups, either with this command or with e.g. linkgit:git-clone[1].
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But keep in mind that these tools will not help you backup state other
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than refs and commits. In other words they will not help you backup
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contents of the index, working tree, the stash, per-repository
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configuration, hooks, etc.
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See also linkgit:gitfaq[7], section "TRANSFERS" for a discussion of the
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problems associated with file syncing across systems.
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FILE FORMAT
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