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Re: About single user setup for lightweights

From
Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 19, 2010, 14:08 UTC
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<2e24e5b91003190708y162f0ecfkeb00346aaa14d1e3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> I keep a central cvs repo and on each host I do a check out of the
> entire thing from the base up.  Mostly to have copies of various style
> of rc files the  OSs need but also to keep the scripts I've written
> over the years and learned to rely on, available and in sync.

about the most important thing, you ought to notice is that you don't need to stay connected to your "server" to commit. I do this too, and having a DVCS (in my case, git) helps a lot.

I didn't, on a quick read, see that mentioned in any of the replies so far.
Previous: Ben Finney
Message 6 of 6 in “About single user setup for lightweights”
  1. Harry PutnamMar 19, 2010
  2. Avery PennarunMar 19, 2010
  3. Martin GeislerMar 19, 2010
  4. Avery PennarunMar 19, 2010
  5. Ben FinneyMar 19, 2010
  6. Sitaram ChamartyMar 19, 2010

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