[clug] database backups with git

[Ian Munsie]

>> % cutoff=$(git show --format=%H HEAD~${trim}|head -n 1)
>
> cutoff=$(git rev-parse HEAD~${trim})

Thankyou! I thought there must be a better way to do that :)

/me goes off to edit all his scripts

Cheers,
-Ian

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