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Re: Git for backup storage

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On 10/6/23 11:14, Nicolas George wrote:
> Hi.
>
> There is a project I have that requires some scripting, but I am
> wondering if somebody already did something similar and there is a
> package that I can just apt-get install.
>
> The idea is to use Git to store backups of text files that change rather
> rarely or not a lot, because Git is very efficient at compressing very
> similar files in time sequences. That would be used for dumps of SQL
> databases for example, or for records of hashes of all the files on a
> system.
>
> Unfortunately, Git is very bad at removing old data, that makes a
> problem for rotating / decimating the oldest backups. To work around
> this, I am considering using several Git repositories with a spillover
> system:
>
> - The files are committed into a monthly repository, each repository
>    being created on the fly for the first commit on the month.
>
> - Old monthly repositories can be deleted.
>
> - But before they are deleted, one commit each five days can be
>    extracted and committed into a yearly repository.
>
> - And similarly, one commit per month can be committed into a decennial
>    repository before old yearly repositories are removed.
>
> Of course the month / year / five days parameters can be tweaked.
>
> So, does anybody know of existing packages in Debian that could make my
> work easier?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

I do not understand why you would want multiple repos, to me this looks
like this would fit the bill for a Git branching workflow.

--
John Doe

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Git for backup storage Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-10-06 11:20 +0200
  Re: Git for backup storage Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-10-06 12:00 +0200
    Re: Git for backup storage Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-10-06 13:30 +0200
  Re: Git for backup storage john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2023-10-06 13:00 +0200
    Re: Git for backup storage Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-10-06 13:30 +0200
      Re: Git for backup storage john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2023-10-06 13:50 +0200
        Re: Git for backup storage Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-10-06 14:50 +0200
          Re: Git for backup storage Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-10-06 15:30 +0200
            Re: Git for backup storage Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-10-06 15:40 +0200
              Re: Git for backup storage Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-10-06 17:10 +0200
  Re: Git for backup storage Mike Castle <dalgoda+debian@gmail.com> - 2023-10-06 22:50 +0200
    Re: Git for backup storage <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-10-07 08:00 +0200
      Re: Git for backup storage gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-10-07 13:30 +0200

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