[charcircuit]

>you push to a repository which is not on your computer

That is not a mandatory part of using source control. Modern source control can work entirely on your own computer.

>Force push protection stops you from rewriting history

This doesn't always exist and usually there are ways to disable it.

[himata4113]

restic/borg is not a backup application because you backup to a folder in the same directory called `.git`... doesn't sound right does it? git (and other source control systems) in every shape and form are a backup tool. In fact, a lot of people use git as a backup system for their OS configuration.

[bawolff]

> restic/borg is not a backup application because you backup to a folder in the same directory called `.git`... doesn't sound right does it?

It does sound right.

Obviously the world isn't black and white, and whether something is a backup depends on what threats you are backing up against. Backing up in case of disk failure looks different then if you want your backup to survive a nuclear war.

But ultimately yes, if you configure restic/borg to backup to a different directory on the same disk (and not even different access control), that is not a backup.