On Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:09:41 -0400
"Paul M. Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
Say you have a directory in which there are development files. A
number of users will be creating, deleting and modifying the files
there. This is the type of situation which might have been common on
old Unix university systems. (Users might be accessing files via
Samba, NFS, or locally.)
Just to make this more concrete, assume the development tree is in
/var/www/html/website.
This sounds like a development nightmare. It sounds like you are asking
people to step on each other's changes.
Much better to set up a version control system (git, e.g.), and let
everyone develop in their own spaces. People can code and test away
to their hearts' content. Wen they are satisfied, they check their
changes in. Then deployment is a matter of "git pull" (or equivalent) on
the working copy.