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Home Directory In CVS

Posted by timothy on from the good-ideas dept.

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."

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  1. Here's a piece of advice by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  2. CVS takes files? by cuppm · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...

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  3. Re:I keep my life in a CVS repository by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    No. But you can do this right now:

    cvs commit suicide

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  4. Sourceforge by Smitty825 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    Doh!
    1. Re:Sourceforge by AvantLegion · · Score: 5, Funny
      I patched your political science essay.

      I fixed all the anti-Bush bugs.

  5. Pun Intended... by Vaulter · · Score: 5, Funny


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

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  6. Re:Not Innovative by TheZax · · Score: 5, Funny

    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)

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  7. Re:auto-backups the plan9 way by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    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 ... ... ..."

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