It's not *very* unorthodox I suppose, but:
vim + vimwiki + mercurial + whole-disk-encryption/eCryptFS + cron = work
notes system and daily journal with entries every half-hour, all
transparently encrypted and available on every machine I use and backed up
in multiple locations,
It's not much, but I find it useful.

On 3 October 2012 22:59, Aaron McCaleb <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello, all.
>
> I'm suffering a bout of unsatisfied curiosity: What are some un-orthodox,
> but useful applications for version control systems (VCS) that you have
> employed or heard of others employing in day-to-day work?
>
> My own un-original example: importing my home directory into a VCS
> repository to essentially provide an archive solution with considerable
> "backup" history. (This was something I remember being suggested in a
> magazine article, possibly by David Blank-Edelman [ http://goo.gl/jJwiP]. He 
> also suggested this in one of his "Over-the-edge System
> Administration" talks at LISA'07, I think.)
>
> Cheers!
> --Aaron
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