Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

2009-03-30 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Hello, list. Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of any sort -- I'm just searching for different ways of doing things. With so many different version control systems available (aside from the traditional keep current backups solution), I am curious: Q: What is

[OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

2009-03-29 Thread Glen Barber
Hello, list. Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of any sort -- I'm just searching for different ways of doing things. With so many different version control systems available (aside from the traditional keep current backups solution), I am curious: Q: What is

Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

2009-03-29 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:37:27 -0400, Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, list. Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of any sort -- I'm just searching for different ways of doing things. With so many different version control systems available (aside

Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

2009-03-29 Thread Glen Barber
Hi, Roger On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Roger Olofsson 240olofs...@telia.com wrote: For local configuration files there's a tool called rcs that can be used for tracking changes and rollback. It's a part of the FreeBSD base system. Check the man pages for rcs(1) ci(1) co(1) rcsdiff(1) and

Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

2009-03-29 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 07:37:27AM -0400, Glen Barber wrote: Hello, list. Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of any sort -- I'm just searching for different ways of doing things. With so many different version control systems available (aside from the

Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

2009-03-29 Thread Glen Barber
Hi, Roland. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: My configuration files are kept in git managed directories under ~/setup/hostname.  Every hostname directory is its own repository. The reason that I'm using git is because it does what I need, is small and

Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

2009-03-29 Thread Roger Olofsson
Glen Barber skrev: Hello, list. Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of any sort -- I'm just searching for different ways of doing things. With so many different version control systems available (aside from the traditional keep current backups solution), I am