Is libostree practical for user files?

Is it practical to use libostree for user files? Or is it too specialized for tracking an entire OS?

I am not familiar with libostree, but sounds like it's "Git for filesystem trees". Seems like this is originally intended for versioning entire /, I'm guessing so that you can just checkout files from a repo to install the OS and keep track of system files.

Can you use libostree to work with a more limited subtree of your filesystem? For example, to handle only some files in your ~/.config and /etc, or personal files that you want to backup and synchronize across multiple machines?

I am aware that git itself can already be used to track dotfiles and the like. I am asking if libostree does it better in any way.

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