How do I set up a local Git repository and a local backup directory?

Copy on the same machine is not much of a backup (especially if it is on the same disk). To be reliable you really need to copy your data to one (or more!) different machines/media, preferably in different locations.

Yes you can absolutely do that. Although I would recommend that your backup folder is on another computer.

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