On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 09/04/2015 06:32 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>> On 09/04/2015 01:09 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >>>> Similar to the recent thread on cloning... >>>> >>>> I don't know and have never even used Git, but I need to get a complete >>>> and total backup of an entire Git repository >> >> I'd definitely recommend using "git bundle" for this. > > For a "complete and total backup" my money's on tar. Using `git bundle` > is a nice way to package "commitish" things like commits, tags, and > branches, but there's a lot it will lose: stashed files, uncommitted > files, local repo configuration, and all hooks. > > Those can be especially important dealing with outsourced developers who > do all sorts of goofy things they shouldn't do. > >
Good point. A git bundle will store everything that would end up on a remote repository if you did a push. That is a pretty good way of looking at it. I'd still recommend a git bundle all the same, but you should give thought to the purpose of serializing your repository and use the right tool. -- Rich
