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max_sipos

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From: Ithaca, NY

Registered: 2004-10-31

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Local version control

I use cvs to keep varios home stuff (not only software) organized. It works nicely, as all I have to do for backup is burn ~/cvs, I don't worry about being messy as long as I remember to commit, etc. However, cvs has some serious shortcomings, primarily:
- messy way of changing directory structure in repositories
- version control is done for each file, not for whole project
- bunch of commands, flags, etc and no simple GUI

I'm curious if anybody knows some good version control software which addresses these issues and is good for local stuff (e.g. subversion is an overkill) or what do other Arch users do to keep their disk organized?

phrakture

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Registered: 2003-10-29

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Re: Local version control

svn is probably the best...

alot of people like darcs too

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Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2004-01-18

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Re: Local version control

darcs and arch are kinda multiuser. Subversion is great for local stuff though. I used it for work last year. You don't have to run a server or anything.

Dusty

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Michel

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-07-31

Posts: 286

Re: Local version control

Heya,

I haven't tried it myself, but maybe fuse can help or more specifically cvsfs.

There are also other fuse-filesystems, but haven't seen any others that provide versioning-support as far as I know.

greetings,

Michel

phrakture

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Re: Local version control

VMS's filesystem handles versioning by default... it's pretty cool... fuse might be worth looking at 8)

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