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pixl97yesterday at 12:52 PM1 replyview on HN

Eh, you really shouldn't do that for any kind of file that acts like a (an impromptu) database. This is how you get corruption. Especially when change information can be split across more than one file.


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pkaedingyesterday at 3:08 PM

Sorry, what are you saying shouldn't be done? Backing up untracked/modified files in a bit repo? Or compressing the .git folder and backing it up as a unit?

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