AVR-Chat

On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 03:02:44AM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote:
> 
> It might seem very primitive, but i just copy "myprojectdir" to
> "myprojectdir-NNN" onto a second HDD, incrementing the number each
> time. It acts as a short-term backup, and you can easily browse old
> code. There's also live backup systems for linux where snapshots are
> taken hourly or whatever time interval you want.

I too did that in ancient times when tools such as CVS were exotic and
expensive accessories. But these days CVS ships on the most basic MacOS
installation, TortoiseCVS and TortoiseSVN are free downloads for
Windows, so there is no longer any excuse.

Directory duplication as a means of version control is no where near as
good of a tool as CVS for tracking changes. Or for back pedaling to
revert only the changes which did not work.

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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