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I like to keep a copy of my /etc folder in a git repository. That way, if something changes and breaks but I don't notice it right away, I'm likely to have a diff that helps me recover pretty quickly.

However, the point is to also make that git repository a form of backup. So I was thinking that I should move the .git folder to a different drive. To do so, I was thinking to use a softlink:

# mv /etc/.git /mnt/other-drive/safe-git
# ln -s /mnt/other-drive/safe-git /etc/.git

Is that possible? Is git ignoring the fact that the .git folder could be a symlink?

I like to keep a copy of my /etc folder in a git repository. That way, if something changes and breaks but I don't notice it right away, I'm likely to have a diff that helps me recover pretty quickly.

However, the point is to also make that git repository a form of backup. So I was thinking that I should move the .git folder to a different drive. To do so, I was thinking to use a softlink:

# mv /etc/.git /mnt/other-drive/safe-git
# ln -s /mnt/other-drive/safe-git /etc/.git

Is that possible? Is git ignoring the fact that the .git folder could be a symlink?

• git
• backup
• symlink

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You can use a symlink on OSes that have those, or Git understands a regular-file .git with gitdir: path/to/that too, it'll treat the given path like a symlink'd path.

You can move .git repository anywhere and set git config core.worktree /etc. Or GIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE environment variables, or --git-dir/--work-tree command-line options.

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