On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:13:27PM +0800, bill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com> wr=
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> Thanks to all responders for quick reply. I still have a related question=
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> svn has a hotcopy command to ensure integrity so that it is possible to=
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> backup without shutting down the svn server. If someone update the .git=
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> while I am performing backup using tar or rsync? Will the atomicity of th=
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> commit still preserve in my backup copy?

the only problem can be when someone runs git-gc (as it runs git-prune)
while you are doing the backup. other commands never remove objects.