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by pjc50 3427 days ago
There's a small but important trap to people who might want to use git-annex as a backup tool, namely that you can't store a git repo in git-annex.

http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/Storing_git_repos_in_g...

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Having nested git repositories is a solved problem both in git and in git-annex: use submodules.

https://git-annex.branchable.com/submodules/