[[!comment format=mdwn username="http://joeyh.name/" ip="108.236.230.124" subject="comment 23" date="2014-05-16T19:11:00Z" content=""" @donkeyicydragon one way to accomplish that would be to just tar up `.git` -- excluding `.git/annex/objects` and add that to git-annex like any other file. You could make a git post-commit hook that does that, but that seems overboard. Or, you could just make a git clone of your repo to a local removable drive, and use that as a local backup. """]]