Comment by jonathanlydall

If you’re not super comfortable with Git, before rebasing, simply:

- Commit any pending changes.

- Make a git tag at your current head (any name is fine, even gibberish).

If anything “goes wrong” you can rollback by simply doing reset hard to the tagged commit.

Once done, delete the tag.

Making a complete “backup clone” is a complete waste of time and disk space.