Alternatively you could look at SVK.... It's a more friendly and easy way to use SVN and one big advantage is that it doesn't clutter your checkout with dozens of .svk/ directories. I use it in anger and I much prefer it over svn ... now. Ben
On 31/07/07, Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 31/07/07, Andrew Errington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am considering learning subversion as a possible solution to guard > > > against accidental edits and deletes. Or am I on the wrong track > there? > > > > By all accounts it is a Good Thing. > > Sure is. I check the entire of /etc into a repository, and keep it > checked in and updated when things change (i.e. package installation, > config changes, etc). > > You need to do an import-in-place, which is not directly easy, but > there are FAQs on the subversion site for just that - basically, > create the repository somewhere, create an empty 'etc' directory in > it, then check that out into your real /etc ... then svn add > everything in /etc, and check it in. Job done, without any harmful > permissions-changing export/check out cycle. > > -jim > -- Regards, Ben Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] +628111880346
