Hypothetically, you could mount another file system over root using union-fs and see that the arch meta-data lived in the mounted version instead of the original (e.g. the arch meta-files would exist in a ghost directory somewhere, pehaps, less visible to the system.
you would mount root as usual in a subdirectroy, you would remount root (readonly) then mount another arch-metadata directory over top (writeable) so that any changes to the metadata would be written to the seocnd directory -- then for updates/syncs, etc you would sync/update the union file system I'd consider reading up on unionfs to see if this will work for you. Also, I think the latest version of reiser supports version control build in. On Jun 22, 2007 10:18 AM, Worley, Chris B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not user's home directories, but everything else; and no version control > meta-data cruft left lying around inside my image. > > 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. > > Mostly, I need the diff repository to be outside the image; I don't want > hidden version control directories in every directory of my file > system... I need the version control meta-data kept elsewhere (this > image gets provisioned onto systems). > > Will Arch do this? If not, can anybody recommend a good version control > utility (or maybe one that is extensible) for this? > > Note that I use "image" to mean "root file system", and not a disk image > per se; something you could chroot to. > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnu-arch-users mailing list > Gnu-arch-users@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users > > GNU arch home page: > http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/ >
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