Re: bi-directional file-synchronization tool
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 07:32:57AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 03:26:37AM +0000, T o n g wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Anyone knows a good bi-directional file-synchronization tool that can
> > synchronize changes to files and directories in both directions on
> > different hosts, propagating the changes between them?
> >
> > This is mainly use to synchronize files and directories between my
> > notebook and desktop (at home and at work). Any good recommendation?
> >
> > syrep is too limited, unison seems to be the exact tool that I'm looking
> > for, just I want to avoid its dependency (OCaml) if possible.
>
> I have used unison for quite a while for this purpose and although it
> does what it claims, I find it doesn't really suit my needs. First, it
> is slow (or seems so to me), it does seem to fail randomly on some
> files, and I don't like it's conflict resolution interface. But the
> real reason I'm not liking it now, after about two years of using it
> to sync my desktop and my laptop, is that I don't think it will work
> well for adding additional machines.
>
> But all of these reasons to not use unison are mostly personal to
> me. It definitely suited my needs quite well for quite a while.
>
> I'm planning to move to keeping all of /home in git and giving that a
> try. You might want to read: http://joey.kitenet.net/svnhome/ and the
> various links from there.
I am not using it but keeping eye on these pages...
This page may be good to check these days.
http://joey.kitenet.net/blog/git/
> A
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