Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

Warren Young etr-usa.com> writes: Lots of good background for newbies to version control apps. Warren, thanks for the comprehensive map of version control apps for newbies. To be honest, I'm not sure when I will have a chance to get spun up on one. But I know where there is a good intro now.

Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

On Sep 24, 2015, at 7:39 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > >> I noticed that fossil & cvs are part of cygwin. I will have to bite >> the bullet & try a few baby steps at some point. > > I would NOT recommend CVS to anyone making their first steps into > VCS world. No new repos

Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

Andrey Repin yandex.ru> writes: > If anything, I would NOT recommend CVS to anyone making their first > steps into VCS world. Subversion is way more consistent, better > thought out and have about the same usability characteristics where > they are comparable. (And don't forget the marvelous

Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

On Sep 24, 2015, at 6:50 PM, Paul wrote: > > I am shuttling incremental work back and > forth between two locations using disc. In that case, you want a distributed version control system (DVCS), not a centralized one. That rules out Subversion. (And CVS.) Fossil and Git are DVCSes, so

Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

Greetings, Paul! > BTW, is your sig obsolete? What's this about terrible english? One of the ancient teachers (I forgot which one) once walked by the beach with his students, talking their lessons and what life come by. And one of his students exclaimed: - You know so much, is there something

Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

On Sep 22, 2015, at 7:06 PM, Paul wrote: > > Andrey Repin writes: >> Git, Subversion... basically any sane VCS out there. > > I've managed to avoid version control all these years > because I wanted the convenience of bash file management and changing > things on a whim as I see fit. The only

Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

Greetings, Paul! > I noticed that fossil & cvs are part of cygwin. I will have to bite > the bullet & try a few baby steps at some point. If anything, I would NOT recommend CVS to anyone making their first steps into VCS world. Subversion is way more consistent, better thought out and have

Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

Eliot Moss wrote: > There are also various backup tools based on rsync and compression. > One of these is called duplicity, and it supports encryption as > well. But I suspect there are a number of these and that you can > find one that matches your task ... Andrey Repin wrote: > It seems he

Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

Greetings, Eliot Moss! >>> Git, Subversion... basically any sane VCS out there. >> >> Ah, yesI've managed to avoid version control all these years >> because I wanted the convenience of bash file management and changing >> things on a whim as I see fit. And for lack of time to learn yet >>

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Greetings, Paul! > Andrey Repin yandex.ru> writes: >> Git, Subversion... basically any sane VCS out there. > Ah, yesI've managed to avoid version control /facepalm. 'nuff said. > all these years > because I wanted the convenience of bash file management and changing > things on a whim as

Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

Andrey Repin yandex.ru> writes: > Git, Subversion... basically any sane VCS out there. Ah, yesI've managed to avoid version control all these years because I wanted the convenience of bash file management and changing things on a whim as I see fit. And for lack of time to learn yet another

Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

On 9/22/2015 9:06 PM, Paul wrote: Andrey Repin yandex.ru> writes: Git, Subversion... basically any sane VCS out there. Ah, yesI've managed to avoid version control all these years because I wanted the convenience of bash file management and changing things on a whim as I see fit. And

workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

I currently take snapshots of selected portions of a folder subtree using zip files. Sometimes, I use command-line zip, but other times I'll use the Windows Compressed Zip folder. I find myself frequently unzipping the snapshots into temp folders just so that I can use the unix diff utility (via

Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree

Greetings, Paul! > I currently take snapshots of selected portions of a folder subtree using > zip files. Sometimes, I use command-line zip, but other times I'll use the > Windows Compressed Zip folder. I find myself frequently unzipping the > snapshots into temp folders just so that I can use