On 12/11/2013 2:19 PM, Bob Archer wrote:
>> On 11.12.2013 17:21, Mark Kneisler wrote:
>>>
>>> I think making the pristine files optional would work for me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here’s an idea.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Instead of having pristine copies of all files, how about adding
>>> to the pristine directory only when a file is changed?
>>>
>>
>> You know, that's a great idea! I wonder why we never thought of it
>> ourselves? :)
>
> Wouldn't that mean that you need to have some daemon service (or file
> watcher or something) running to determine if a file is modified?
> Also, it would mean you would need a constant connection to the
> server to use a subversion working copy.
>
Not necessarily. Take a look at how FSVS does its magic.
http://fsvs.tigris.org/
It functions in a similar manner to the svn command-line tool, but works
without requring a .svn folder. Which is why I prefer it for doing
version control of system configuration files on a Linux server.
Received on 2013-12-12 18:24:25 CET