Hi all. I am customizing a product we purchased from a vendor. Many of the files were provided by the vendor. And many of the files were provided by me. I write C and C++ code that forms "rules" for the vendor's engine to execute. Also, the users of this product can make changes through their GUI. These changes go to some files under a giant directory tree. I don't know which file goes with which GUI feature. For many of the files, I don't know how they're formatted, or what the file means.
Apparently, restoring a tape backup is slow and cumbersome at our facility. Since the git repository is already backed up, it is desired to use git as a backup method. At the end of each day, every file under the giant directory tree would be applied to git. If we want to have a picture of "the way it was at the end of last Thursday," we could get it, if we are patient enough. It feels a little perverse, since normally files are promulgated from a repository, and in this case they would flow from production *into* the repository. But it might work. Has anyone ever tried this? Are there caveats you have discovered that I should consider? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitHub" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/github?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
