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Some more text in the doc

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@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ source and the target.**
## Target directory is empty: use a tar pipe
If the target directory `/mnt/gitlab/repositories` is empty the
simplest thing to do is to use a tar pipe.
simplest thing to do is to use a tar pipe. This method has low
overhead and tar is almost always already installed on your system.
However, it is not possible to resume an interrupted tar pipe: if
that happens then all data must be copied again.
```
# As the git user
@ -43,9 +46,11 @@ If you want to compress the data before it goes over the network
## The target directory contains an outdated copy of the repositories: use rsync
In this scenario it is better to use rsync. This utility is either
already installed on your system or easily installable via apt, yum
etc.
If the target directory already contains a partial / outdated copy
of the repositories it may be wasteful to copy all the data again
with tar. In this scenario it is better to use rsync. This utility
is either already installed on your system or easily installable
via apt, yum etc.
```
# As the 'git' user