On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 11:41:51PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Saturday 26 October 2002 11:06 pm, N. Thomas wrote: > > If you are interested in next generation version control systems, do take a > > look at Subversion (first hit on Google), they are nearing a 1.0 release > > soon. > > I already did, but for what I need it doesn't seem to provide it. > > I want to > > a) have a repository on my server at home - and then pull local copies of the > code to my desktop machine and/or my laptop.
That's fine with Subversion, of course. > b) during the week, I am away from home - working in hotels. I want to make > revision controlled changes purely on my laptop. I may want to make several > branches going in different directions as I explore things. > > c) when I return home at the end of the week I want to sync the various > repositories. > > d) if I am working on my desktop, these changes will also need to be synced to > the repository. > > It seems that arch can do this, but it doesn't look like subversion provides > this level of distributed repository. I believe you can do it with Subversion with a little effort, but consult their development list for advice. You can dump and reload individual changes in a repository, thus allowing you to have a separate repository on your laptop and sync it later. AIUI, anyway. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
