Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 16:09:04 +1030 From: Rob <freebsd@deathbeforedecaf.net> To: David Robillard <david.robillard@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using source control to manage system configs Message-ID: <A4342A39-CC61-4C4E-8D1A-61548F47129D@deathbeforedecaf.net> In-Reply-To: <226ae0c60702280956l5b24a76bvbf6972cc33724ad@mail.gmail.com> References: <226ae0c60702261046m671647bbwc9aef6b1f6475522@mail.gmail.com> <934FF44E-39F5-410B-B235-5F5709B4340A@deathbeforedecaf.net> <226ae0c60702280956l5b24a76bvbf6972cc33724ad@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/03/2007, at 4:26 AM, David Robillard wrote: > Well, I'm not quite sure that it will answer all of your questions, > but take a look at Luke Kanies's article called ''Using version > control in system administration''. > > It's available from the USENIX website at > http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-12/pdfs/kanies.pdf Thanks David - that was really useful. I think that my 'directory based' approach to version management comes from using RCS (and SCCS). With those tools, the only way to track groups of files was to keep them in different places. So instead of dragging my RCS habits into the world of CVS, it's probably time to learn about branching. That seems to be the standard way to handle shared files with local modifications. Rob.
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