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From: bill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com>
Subject: how to backup git
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 14:08:54 +0800
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Hello, this should be a simple question. How to backup a git repository but 
excluding files that not under versioned?  If I cp or tar or rsync the 
directory. All non-versioned files are added.

regards,