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On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 02:18:16PM +0000, Gerald wrote:
> I have git running on a VMware virtual machine.  I backup the virtual
> machine every day.  How do I restore git from a restore of the virtual machine?
> 

Can you explain what you mean exactly with restoring git? It's unclear
what you want to achieve.

Retrieving a git repository is just a matter of copying the entiry
repository directory (including .git dir).