Using BtrFS and backup tools for keeping two systems in sync

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Hello. I see there are some backup tools taking advantage of BtrFS's
incremental send/receive feature:
https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Incremental_Backup. [BTW Ames
Cornish's ButterSink (https://github.com/AmesCornish/buttersink) seems
to be missing from that page.]

Now I'd like to know if anyone has evolved some good practices w.r.t
maintaining the data of two systems in sync using this feature of
BtrFS. What I have in mind is: I work on my desktop by default, and
for ergonomics reasons only use my laptop when I need the mobility.
I'd like to keep the main data (documents I create, programs I write
etc) in sync between the two. (The profile data such as in the ~/.*
hidden folders had better stay separate though, I guess.)

I figure with the existing tools it would not be too difficult to
maintain a synced set of snapshots between the two systems if I only
use the desktop vs laptop alternatingly and sync at each switchover,
but the potential problem only would come if I modify both (something
like having to do git merge, I guess).

Has anyone come across this situation and evolved any policies to handle it?

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Shriramana Sharma ஶ்ரீரமணஶர்மா श्रीरमणशर्मा
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