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From: Niklaas Baudet von Gersdorff <stdin@niklaas.eu>
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Subject: Re: rsync or git backups?
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jungle Boogie [2016-06-02 07:49 -0700] :

> I'd recommend something like borg backup:
> https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/
> http://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
> 
> It's a python written app that will dedup your data so there's a
> chance it can compress and dedup your large datasets very nicely.

This look impressive. Have you ever compared it to duplicity (which is
my current choice for backups)?

    Niklaas