Backup

Overview

Since AutoMD stores everything as plain markdown files, backup is straightforward — it’s just files on disk.

Git-based backup

The recommended approach. Initialize a git repo in your data directory:

cd /path/to/automd/data
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial backup"
git remote add origin <your-repo-url>
git push -u origin main

Automated snapshots

Use cron or a Docker sidecar to commit and push periodically:

# Add to crontab
*/15 * * * * cd /data && git add -A && git commit -m "auto-backup $(date)" && git push