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Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System

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On Sat, 26 Aug 2017 06:02:07 -0700 (PDT)
ray <ray@aarden.us> wrote:

 
> 
> Thank you for the list of solutions.  It is interesting that SVN can
> be used with etckeeper.  It looks like I should learn git.  I have
> used SVN for other things, but I am easily pulled from my comfort
> zone for value.  

Git is very widely used, and on important projects, so it is being
vigorously maintained. It's probably the right choice for new projects.
> 
> There is an interesting challenge here on where/how to keep
> repositories on a laptop.  It is valuable to have them locally as
> often my problems are networking; if the repositories are local, I
> can use another box to view them, but sometimes it may be a challenge
> to move files when connectivity is lost.  I am sure there is an
> architecture that will be suitable.  

Git creates a repository (by default) within the directory you base it
on, so copying the directory copies the repository. Git, both
command-line and GUI, exists for *nix and Windows, and a repository can
be operated from either. A backup of /etc to a USB stick, containing a
git repository, can be opened by git on another machine, and another
platform. I actually use git mostly on Windows, and mostly for its
'intended' use with software, though I also use it to track circuit
diagrams and PCB layouts under construction.

-- 
Joe

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How to Keep Track of Changes to the System ray <ray@aarden.us> - 2017-08-26 05:40 +0200
  Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2017-08-26 06:10 +0200
    Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System ray <ray@aarden.us> - 2017-08-26 15:10 +0200
  Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System Nemeth Gyorgy <friczy@freemail.hu> - 2017-08-26 11:50 +0200
    Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System ray <ray@aarden.us> - 2017-08-26 15:20 +0200
  Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-08-26 12:10 +0200
    Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System ray <ray@aarden.us> - 2017-08-26 15:30 +0200
      Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-08-26 19:00 +0200
      Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-08-26 23:20 +0200
        Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System Mario Castelán Castro <marioxcc.MT@yandex.com> - 2017-08-27 17:20 +0200
  Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System "hdv@gmail" <hdv.jadev@gmail.com> - 2017-08-27 13:50 +0200
    Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System ray <ray@aarden.us> - 2017-08-31 05:00 +0200
      Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System "hdv@gmail" <hdv.jadev@gmail.com> - 2017-08-31 10:50 +0200
      Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-08-31 23:40 +0200
        Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System hdv@gmail <hdv.jadev@gmail.com> - 2017-09-01 07:50 +0200
          Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-09-01 13:40 +0200
  Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-08-27 16:00 +0200
    Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System ray <ray@aarden.us> - 2017-08-31 05:20 +0200
      Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-08-31 23:40 +0200
  Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System Mario Castelán Castro <marioxcc.MT@yandex.com> - 2017-08-27 17:50 +0200

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