From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 18 01:10:56 2010 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 39B59106564A for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:10:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@brightstar.bomgardner.net) Received: from brightstar.bomgardner.net (brightstar.bomgardner.net [209.240.79.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECF498FC23 for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:10:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from brightstar.bomgardner.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by brightstar.bomgardner.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8EA4119C09; Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:10:56 -0500 (CDT) From: "Gene" To: Dan Naumov ,freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:10:56 -0500 Message-Id: <20100418010523.M58298@brightstar.bomgardner.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: OpenWebMail 2.52 20060502 X-OriginatingIP: 192.168.0.14 (fbsd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Cc: Subject: Re: version/revision control software for things mostly not source 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, 18 Apr 2010 01:10:56 -0000 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.