On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Worley, Chris B wrote:
The base "image" is kept offline. I want to version control changes to
every file and directory in that offline image.
Ascii files need explicit diffs, binary files can just be flagged as
changed. I need to be able to view which files changed at any check-in
point, what files are different now from the last check-in, how the
ASCII files changed between any two versions, and roll-back the entire
image to any previous version.
Chris,
You do not need revision management software (such as Arch, CVS,
Subversion, etc.) You need a configuration management suite. The one that
I can recommend is cfengine. You can find it here:
http://www.cfengine.org/
As far as tagging which binary files have changed, you would
probably be best served by using Tripwire to accomplish this goal. You can
find it here:
http://www.tripwire.com/
http://www.tripwire.com/products/enterprise/ost/
Tripwire will also track changes to your configuration files, but
I'm not sure it will provide diffs or not. You'll need to investigate that
on your own.
--
John Evans
Administrator of kilnar.com
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