[PATCH 4/4] Documentation/git-bundle.txt: discuss naïve backups
From: <hidden>
Date: 2024-10-20 19:15:36
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <redacted>
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 <redacted>
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Notes (series):
Correct mention of the section? All-caps seems to be the convention.
Documentation/git-bundle.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
index cf25e6e8540..b5cc4746b45 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt@@ -324,6 +324,20 @@ You can also see what references it offers: $ git ls-remote mybundle ---------------- +DISCUSSION +---------- + +A naive way to make a full backup of a repository is to use something to +the effect of `cp -a <repo> <destination>`. This is discouraged since +the repository could be written to during the copy operation. In turn +some files at `<destination>` could be corrupted. + +This is why it is recommended to use Git tooling for making repository +backups, either with this command or with e.g. linkgit:git-clone[1]. + +See also linkgit:gitfaq[1], section "TRANSFERS" for a discussion of the +problems associated with file syncing across systems. + FILE FORMAT -----------
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