How to handle bit rot in git repositories?
As confirmed by this question, git does not automatically protect against bit rot. There was a link given there for a git file system check, but it's not obvious from that what my backup (and restore, of course!) strategy should be.
I have to admit I'm this kind of git user:
Could someone explain to me a simple strategy for keeping the files I store in git repos intact over the long term?
To be more specific, the most pressing question I have is whether pull/push will notice corruption and abort or just go on silently but keep the other repository intact (or corrupt the other repositories too, but I very much hope not).
But then I also don't know how to fix corruption once I found it. Just running fsck once a day, removing the broken repo and cloning it from somewhere else again doesn't seem very efficient (and what to do, hypothetically, if all my repos were broken, but in different places?).
backup git data-integrity
asked Dec 12 '18 at 16:13
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As confirmed by this question, git does not automatically protect against bit rot. There was a link given there for a git file system check, but it's not obvious from that what my backup (and restore, of course!) strategy should be.
I have to admit I'm this kind of git user:
Could someone explain to me a simple strategy for keeping the files I store in git repos intact over the long term?
To be more specific, the most pressing question I have is whether pull/push will notice corruption and abort or just go on silently but keep the other repository intact (or corrupt the other repositories too, but I very much hope not).
But then I also don't know how to fix corruption once I found it. Just running fsck once a day, removing the broken repo and cloning it from somewhere else again doesn't seem very efficient (and what to do, hypothetically, if all my repos were broken, but in different places?).
backup git data-integrity
asked Dec 12 '18 at 16:13
NobodyNobody
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Could someone (I'm looking at you, anonymous downvoter) explain to me how I should improve this question? Maybe remove the xkcd, I guess?
– Nobody
Jan 5 at 16:24
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As confirmed by this question, git does not automatically protect against bit rot. There was a link given there for a git file system check, but it's not obvious from that what my backup (and restore, of course!) strategy should be.
I have to admit I'm this kind of git user:
Could someone explain to me a simple strategy for keeping the files I store in git repos intact over the long term?
To be more specific, the most pressing question I have is whether pull/push will notice corruption and abort or just go on silently but keep the other repository intact (or corrupt the other repositories too, but I very much hope not).
But then I also don't know how to fix corruption once I found it. Just running fsck once a day, removing the broken repo and cloning it from somewhere else again doesn't seem very efficient (and what to do, hypothetically, if all my repos were broken, but in different places?).
backup git data-integrity
asked Dec 12 '18 at 16:13
NobodyNobody
1608
As confirmed by this question, git does not automatically protect against bit rot. There was a link given there for a git file system check, but it's not obvious from that what my backup (and restore, of course!) strategy should be.
I have to admit I'm this kind of git user:
Could someone explain to me a simple strategy for keeping the files I store in git repos intact over the long term?
To be more specific, the most pressing question I have is whether pull/push will notice corruption and abort or just go on silently but keep the other repository intact (or corrupt the other repositories too, but I very much hope not).
But then I also don't know how to fix corruption once I found it. Just running fsck once a day, removing the broken repo and cloning it from somewhere else again doesn't seem very efficient (and what to do, hypothetically, if all my repos were broken, but in different places?).
backup git data-integrity
backup git data-integrity
asked Dec 12 '18 at 16:13
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asked Dec 12 '18 at 16:13
NobodyNobody
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edited Dec 26 '18 at 10:57
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asked Dec 12 '18 at 16:13
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asked Dec 12 '18 at 16:13
NobodyNobody
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asked Dec 12 '18 at 16:13
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Could someone (I'm looking at you, anonymous downvoter) explain to me how I should improve this question? Maybe remove the xkcd, I guess?
– Nobody
Jan 5 at 16:24
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Could someone (I'm looking at you, anonymous downvoter) explain to me how I should improve this question? Maybe remove the xkcd, I guess?
– Nobody
Jan 5 at 16:24
Could someone (I'm looking at you, anonymous downvoter) explain to me how I should improve this question? Maybe remove the xkcd, I guess?
– Nobody
Jan 5 at 16:24
Could someone (I'm looking at you, anonymous downvoter) explain to me how I should improve this question? Maybe remove the xkcd, I guess?
– Nobody
Jan 5 at 16:24
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Could someone (I'm looking at you, anonymous downvoter) explain to me how I should improve this question? Maybe remove the xkcd, I guess?
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