From 9f2e3e0729f6b36e8014f859dd24d2bf6e1209ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://xgm.de/oid/" Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 10:08:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- doc/forum/Backup_of_git-annex_repos.mdwn | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Backup_of_git-annex_repos.mdwn diff --git a/doc/forum/Backup_of_git-annex_repos.mdwn b/doc/forum/Backup_of_git-annex_repos.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1e5663b2fd --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Backup_of_git-annex_repos.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Hello, + +I use CrashPlan, a proprietary offsite backup system to backup a couple of git-annex repositories. + +CrashPlan backups the symlinks as symlinks as well as the .git directory. So all data is backuped. However, restoring it tedious. + +I identify a file that I want to restore, download it and get only the symlink. Now I can descent into the .git directory and get the correct blob the symlink points to. + +Are there any simple strategies getting a specific file from a git-annex repo if you only have file-based view on the repo? + +I can, of course, use direct mode, that would resolve this issue, but would prefer to use the safer indirect mode. + +Thanks for any ideas! + +Best!