Home Directory In CVS

shamir_k writes "Joey Hess has come up with an innovative solution to a problem we have all faced. He's put his whole home directory in CVS. Not only can he move between multiple computers easily, he also has automatic distributed backups."

Comments

Comma Delimited???

[Anonymous Coward]

How does that work?

oh, i, get, it,

Re:Comma Delimited???

[ScrewMaster]

That's Lysdexia, I believe.

Here's a piece of advice

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

Don't forget the -kb switch when you do "cvs add pr0n.avi", otherwise you'll be disappointed when check the file out again.

Re:Here's a piece of advice

[Anonymous Coward]

CVS will also be a great help when you download pr0n that have the same file names.

like: untitled.bmp and untitled.bmp - even though they're two different pictures! It'll save the time to rename whole directories!

And, you can hide all your pr0n from prying eyes too! OOooooo Ahhhhhh!

Unless, you've named your tree - jerkoff_material.

Re:Here's a piece of advice

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't forget the -kb switch when you do "cvs add pr0n.avi", otherwise you'll be disappointed when check the file out again.

From the cvs manpage:
"Your kflag specification is ``sticky'' when you use it to create a private copy of a source file."

CVS takes files?

[cuppm]

Man, I have a hard enough time trying to get them to accept my insurance card for prescriptions. Hats off to him for getting them to take his files...

Re: an innovative solution

[Anonymous Coward]

... quick, patent it!

Re:I keep my life in a CVS repository

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

No. But you can do this right now:

cvs commit suicide

Sourceforge

[Smitty825]

I'll put my home directory on Sourceforge! Everyone can now help me maintain it!

Re:Sourceforge

[AvantLegion]

I patched your political science essay.

I fixed all the anti-Bush bugs.

Re:Described in Linux Journal months ago

[kajoob]

I like ragging the editors as well, but come on, the blurb said 'innovative' and that is all. There's nothing about "new" mentioned anywhere in there, you pulled that out of your ass just so you could complain. Now quitcherbitchin and just read the kewlness that is home directies in cvs. ;)

Pun Intended...

[Vaulter]

"Hold on a minute, I've got to check out this porn."

Re:My favorite directory to put in CVS

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

My favorite file to put in CVS : /dev/hda1. Takes a while to recover an old file though ...

Re:Not Innovative

[TheZax]

What's next? Keeping system configuration in CVS?

Slow down, I can only patent so quickly...

Note to self:

1. Patent home dir in CVS

2. Patent system configs in CVS

3. Patent pr0n in CVS (note -kb)

Re:auto-backups the plan9 way

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

Right, so on plan9, you can recover all your previous file versions, for example, letter_to_boss.txt :

v1.0: "You stupid fuck, why don't you give me a raise some day?"

v1.1: "You tight-pocketed capitalist, isn't it high time you gave me a raise?"

v1.2: "Hey Boss, I really think I deserve a raise, I've been working on this project for so long."

v1.3: "Hello Boss, I respectfully request that you should consider giving me a raise, as I think have proven to be a reliable, hard-working employee. Please?"

v1.4-FINAL: "Dear Mr. Schmoe, I wish to apologize in advance for stopping work on our most important project for five minutes, but I would like to present an idea to you : you see, ever since I have started working at 6-pack computing, I've tried to be a model employee and ... ... ..."

Innovate?

[cant_get_a_good_nick]

Hmm, didn't Microsoft's lawyers patent innovation? Or will this, since it's made with GPLed software that obviously (by Bill's standards) hinders innovation, force a rip in the space time continuum and send us all to an alternate Universe where up is down, down is up, cats and dogs live together, and Microsoft actually invents new technology instead of buying it?

I wonder what his comments look like

[Aqua OS X]

I wonder what his comments look like.
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Nov 10, 2003. Deleted old porn from pictures directory. Replaced with new, better, porn.

Nov 11, 2003. Added 'Animal House' soundtrack to the music directory. Added additional porn to the pictures directory.

Yeah, From the article...

[twoslice]

I've used the same wallpaper image for the past five years

That must be some great Pr0n image he looks at everyday!

Re:I wonder.....

[Trolling4Dollars]

Wait, I have a "better idea" (TM). Why don't we get servers to backup the data on the servers that back up the data on the servers that back up the data on the servers that backup the data on the ser

^Z
[1] loop ends

Re:Why just home?

[angst_ridden_hipster]

What? Like VMS?

(ducks)

Check your assumptions

[MarkusQ]

Smitty825:

I'll put my home directory on Sourceforge!

Everyone can now help me maintain it!

--

Doh!

AvantLegion:

I patched your political science essay.

I fixed all the anti-Bush bugs.

--

Now hold on. Just because his sig is "Doh!" doesn't automatically mean he's anti-Bush.

It might just mean that he's pro-Homer Simpson.

-- MarkusQ

Re:Why just home?

[Cramer]

[cramer:ttyp0]dominion:~/[10:43pm]:cat /etc/redhat-release
release 4.1 (Vanderbilt)

*whistles innocently*

Re:kinda old article; update

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm not sure why something that I wrote in 2001 and that appeared in print media in 2002 is news. This is the second time I've been slashdotted for something over 1 year old this year.

You're new around here aren't you?

Re:kinda old article; update

[Anonymous Coward]

You're new around here aren't you?

Yeah, that's why he's got a user ID of 315! :)

Re:ssh private keys

[Slime-dogg]

You read the article? You must be new here.

Bows before a clapping audience. Such karma-whoring is to be admired.