Have you looked at git-annex on an anacron-job? https://joeyh.name/code/git-annex/ https://joeyh.name/code/git-annex/ It lets you use git to back up large fil

Have you looked at git-annex on an anacron-job? https://joeyh.name/code/git-annex/ https://joeyh.name/code/git-annex/ It lets you use git to back up large files. However, it's built for a git-sized number of files and not built for, say, your entire home directory.