Re: versioning file system

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

On 10/25/18 7:45 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 05:32:52PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> > Has anybody tried copyfs, fsvs, or anything else with file versioning?
> In my experience, I have only found a need to version /etc and $HOME
> (and really only parts of $HOME, as opposed to all of it).

/etc, per-user development directories, and per-user document 
directories are what I have in mind.


> I find that git works really well for that.  In particular, on Debian
> you can install etckeeper and it will automatically commit any changes
> to /etc before a package installation run, after a package installation
> run, and on a daily basis.  You can also manually commit and customize
> the message.

I've noticed etckeeper over the years, but have yet to try it.  I didn't 
know it integrated with Apt; this supports my implied goal of copy-on-write.


David