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Date:      Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:41:27 +0200
From:      Ulrich =?utf-8?B?U3DDtnJsZWlu?= <uqs@spoerlein.net>
To:        Dag-Erling =?utf-8?B?U23DuHJncmF2?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org, Sergey Babkin <babkin@verizon.net>, Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: /etc in CVS
Message-ID:  <20100422144127.GW92627@acme.spoerlein.net>
In-Reply-To: <86vdbjdc42.fsf@ds4.des.no>
References:  <201003231108.45102.jhb@freebsd.org> <20100324165748.7334B5B42@mail.bitblocks.com> <20100419221413.GD76198@felucia.tataz.chchile.org> <20100420183007.481F85B4D@mail.bitblocks.com> <4BCDF9D5.10909@FreeBSD.org> <4BCF75AE.71F13233@verizon.net> <86vdbjdc42.fsf@ds4.des.no>

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On Thu, 22.04.2010 at 12:18:21 +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Sergey Babkin <babkin@verizon.net> writes:
> > I wonder if a version control system, like SVN, could be used to keep
> > track of all the changes in /etc. (Or maybe it already is and I'm
> > simply out of date).
> 
> arch is commonly used for things like this.

I have a .hg directory sitting in / for every machine I usually take
care of. hgignore is of course set to *, so only explicitly added files
are tracked.

FWIW, I would *strongly* suggest you do *not* use SVN, but a system
capable of offline usage, because when the shit hits the fan, you can't
rely on a working network.

just my two cents,
Uli



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