2010-10-19 23:28:29 +00:00
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[[!meta title="what git-annex is not"]]
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* git-annex is not a backup system. It may be a useful component of an
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[[archival|use_case/bob]] system, or a way to deliver files to a backup
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system.
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For a backup system that uses git, take a look at
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[bup](http://github.com/apenwarr/bup).
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2010-10-19 23:30:08 +00:00
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* git-annex is not unison, but if you're finding unison's checksumming
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too slow, or its strict mirroring of everything to both places too
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limiting, then git-annex could be a useful alternative.
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2010-11-18 18:29:14 +00:00
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* git-annex is more than just a workaround for git limitations that might
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eventually be fixed by efforts like
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[git-bigfiles](http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/git-bigfiles).
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2010-10-19 23:35:56 +00:00
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* git-annex is not some flaky script that was quickly thrown together.
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I wrote it in Haskell because I wanted it to be solid and to compile
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down to a binary.
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