"Daniel M. German" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I would like to keep my local copy and remote copy in sync because I >> have to work from multiple computers and end up having to work off my >> own machines, so I would like to be able to just shell into my remote >> copy when I need to, but trust that I can sync (diff) things up later. >> >> My remote is linux so I can shell into that from anything. but >> unfortunately (imho) my local copy is on XP+cygwin until I get gentoo >> running on my other machine. Is unison the best way to go? Or are >> there other things I don't know about? > > I would recommend using CVS (or subversion). It will be able to > synchronize files regardless of where they were last modified, and > given the text nature of the files, "patch" them as needed. If you > tend to modify the same files you might have to do some manual > resolution of conflicts, but the cost is minimal given the advantages. >
I used unison for my Planner and for my mail for quite a while. It's very convenient. But, if you think that you might ever edit files in more than one place without synching first, you probably are best off with a version control system. I use darcs. -- -John Sullivan -http://www.wjsullivan.net -GPG Key: AE8600B6 _______________________________________________ emacs-wiki-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-wiki-discuss
