From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84348C12002 for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:11:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6589B613BE for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:11:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230261AbhGNTOW (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:14:22 -0400 Received: from m43-7.mailgun.net ([69.72.43.7]:37332 "EHLO m43-7.mailgun.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229735AbhGNTOV (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:14:21 -0400 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mg.codeaurora.org; q=dns/txt; s=smtp; t=1626289889; h=Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding: MIME-Version: References: In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Date: Subject: Cc: To: From: Sender; bh=BGbG5s5p9lxVkiFtQ+6pJz7YtH/jdTkCn5Eizp8rnns=; b=BeVpBDBwIQz0flAdMrlGxOxwq2loH2c19HuwFV1QepE5RUO+gI68GQBfchezhry9oFWqq1Qu 1q6HgaicNgpZVJy4BbAReRI46ReYPujFuTbuFN8EUahoxEUvdnzZRfIQpqdvr0f42scLNcEI Merhi6eImgPMtmlDKWAGZzi6iqQ= X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 69.72.43.7 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyJjNzk3NCIsICJnaXRAdmdlci5rZXJuZWwub3JnIiwgImJlOWU0YSJd Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org (ec2-35-166-182-171.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.166.182.171]) by smtp-out-n01.prod.us-west-2.postgun.com with SMTP id 60ef36dc25e56632789a8398 (version=TLS1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256); Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:11:24 GMT Sender: mfick=codeaurora.org@mg.codeaurora.org Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 98CD9C4360C; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mfick-lnx.localnet (i-global254.qualcomm.com [199.106.103.254]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mfick) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E3631C433F1; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:11:23 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org E3631C433F1 Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=mfick@codeaurora.org From: Martin Fick To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=C6var_Arnfj=F6r=F0?= Bjarmason Cc: Taylor Blau , Sun Chao <16657101987@163.com>, Taylor Blau , Sun Chao via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] packfile: freshen the mtime of packfile by configuration Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:11:21 -0600 Message-ID: <12435060.NHVMl2pYiE@mfick-lnx> User-Agent: KMail/5.2.3 (Linux/4.4.0-208-generic; KDE/5.36.0; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <877dhs20x3.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> References: <877dhs20x3.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 8:19:15 PM MDT =C6var Arnfj=F6r=F0 Bjarmason wr= ote: > The best way to get backups of git repositories you know are correct are > is to use git's own transport mechanisms, i.e. fetch/pull the data, or > create bundles from it.=20 I don't think this is a fair recommendation since unfortunately, this canno= t=20 be used to create a full backup. This can be used to back up the version=20 controlled data, but not the repositories meta-data, i.e. configs, reflogs,= =20 alternate setups... =2DMartin =2D-=20 The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code=20 Aurora Forum, hosted by The Linux Foundation