Versioned Backups of Local Drives with Git

Versioning is a recommended approach to back up files as protection against hardware failures and user errors. To create versioned backups, you can use established backup programs or an open source tool that originates from the developer world: Git.

By Andreas Stolzenberger

Updated Sep 2, 2026 9:44 AM / Published Dec 3, 2022 3:00 AM 9 min read

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Andreas Stolzenberger

Andreas worked as an IT magazine editor for 17 years, and then as a solution engineer at Dell and Vmware. In 2012 Andreas moved to Red Hat. There, he currently works as principal solution architect in the Technical Partner Development department.