On 30 Jun 2024 06:40 -0700, from pe...@easthope.ca: >> You could give the backups volume ids which tell the date. >> >> -volid BOB_"$(date '+%Y_%m_%d_%H%M%S')" >> >> (BOB = Backup Of Backup :)) > > I'm beginning to learn Git. So I wonder about another approach where > files are in a local Git repository. That would allow tracing the > history of any file. A backup of the extant repository would still be > necessary.
That sounds a lot like etckeeper, except on a larger scale. -- Michael Kjörling 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se “Remember when, on the Internet, nobody cared that you were a dog?”