Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:10:56 -0500 From: "Gene" <fbsd@brightstar.bomgardner.net> To: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com>,freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: version/revision control software for things mostly not source Message-ID: <20100418010523.M58298@brightstar.bomgardner.net> In-Reply-To: <r2ycf9b1ee01004170808w69bea524j450b018e026c3b5c@mail.gmail.com> References: <r2ycf9b1ee01004170808w69bea524j450b018e026c3b5c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:08:49 +0300, Dan Naumov wrote > I think I am reaching the point where I want to have some kind of > sane and easy to use version/revision control software for my > various personal files and small projects. We are talking about > varied kind of data, ranging from binary format game data (I have > been doing FPS level design as a hobby for over a decade) to .doc > office documents to ASCI text formatted game data. Most of the data > is not plaintext. So far I have been using a hacked together mix of > things, mostly a combination of essentially storing each revision of > any given file a separate file001, file002, file003, etc which while > easy to use and understand, seems rather space-inefficient and a > little bit of ZFS snapshotting, however I want something better. > > Sadly, FreeBSD's ZFS doesn't have dedup or this functionality > would've been easy to implement with my current hacked together methods. > Performance does't matter all that much (unless we are talking > something silly like a really crazy IO bottleneck), since the only > expected user is just me and perhaps a few friends. > > Thanks! > > - Sincerely, > Dan Naumov Someone else mentioned Subversion and Tortoisesvn. I use these tools for revision management of 600 or so powerpoints, graphics, and other miscellaneous files that we use for church services. Once up and running, it's simplicity itself. I also use websvn to allow read only access to individual files via a browser. I've found it works like a charm. --- IHN, Gene -- To everything there is a season, And a time to every purpose under heaven.
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