From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 29 11:37:28 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFC4F106564A for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:37:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FA688FC0A for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:37:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so1147274yxm.13 for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:37:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YvdMudYp4bZ1yPsRZjYkIi7Ae3MoJ0su/ZwLAWgzjBU=; b=VSWZWXEsqj3xtj84NopZgJ0R0nJnUCzK8IwfZ6HfAI2+r/cR6ty98zYnbOjkc3vxNK Z0iAZBaXi+UMWWspV6qcDL4rrnywfPR1Ro1o5cL6Mx8z6ihnHB5MbUOvXS/PzRaG02JH SIMu0gEraOoQ3/hPUNQVMI+5VZN+Ur1yIu0Bc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=oTy9hx8PkRrL/xdsWsR193NhL6fEEW0CCLx1P5NjjaSf4T3TCcbSheEFIw1/AayvyP CAbRtPSjwwoGX/Si/f2YbYrY5quYJrxOjzHTE9AFPCTcXT3UZ53llKplrsgvIk4qaPN2 4diH0clSLqDsc+AihL4NX6xwSpkNevSLTGlYQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.42.4 with SMTP id p4mr3146721anp.115.1238326647976; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:37:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:37:27 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310903290437q269964d7k54a449f405fb31b2@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:37:29 -0000 Hello, list. Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of any sort -- I'm just searching for "different" ways of doing things. With so many different version control systems available (aside from the traditional "keep current backups" solution), I am curious: Q: What is *your* favorite/suggestion solution to keep (working) versions of configuration files, in case something goes awry? I am specifically targeting configuration files because they are what I change the most, in avoidance of "It worked 10 minutes ago..." situations. Cheers, -- Glen Barber