backing up repository

you have a myproject directory containing the .git repository, and would like to back up the repository contents

clone your project as a “mirror”

cd /backup/destination
git clone --no-hardlinks --mirror /path/to/myproject backupfoldername

work, work, work

commit inside myproject

time to backup…go to the backup directory and “fetch” the project

cd /backup/destination/backupfoldername
git fetch

don't use rsync, because a commit or other action could be in progress