Branch = copy - no central repository of branches?

[Bryan O'Sullivan]

On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 21:49 +0100, Paul Moore wrote:

> But where's the protection, then?

You can protect yourself, i.e. replicate a branch, by cloning a copy of
it on another machine, or onto a USB drive that you leave in a fire
safe, and so on.  The case you're worried about is the same as
forgetting where your working copy is with a centralised tool, or
reformatting a disk that has a working copy with uncommitted changes on
it.  You're safer with a distributed tool, because you'll have more
copies of the complete history.

> Have I missed something? Is there a way of maintaining multiple
> branches within one repository, so that I can have one central backup
> point for "everything"?

Yes, just use the "push" and "pull" commands to move changes from one
repo to another.

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