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Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on sta
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Phillip Lord |
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Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup] |
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Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:59:02 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>> I prefer using DVCS to sync up my files. Started doing that when CVS
>>> acquired its "remote access" functionality.
>> I tried that, but I dislike the explicit commit
>
> For sync purpose, I have a script which does "commit+merge".
> It's really the same as unison, except I have a history of changes, and
> better conflict resolution. Commits don't have any logical meaning, nor
> "commit log" message in that case.
That's an interesting idea, and I hadn't thought of it. In general, I am
not too worried about conflict resolution, since my work practices are
aimed at not getting conflicts. So, for example, I unison my ~/Mail and
use nnml. A DVCS resolution is not going to help there because it is the
conflict is between files not inside the content of files.
One day I need to write a Gnus backend which doesn't use sequential file
numbers (perhaps a time stamp would work) -- these would then merge
cleanly automatically when read at both ends. I suspect "one day" is
never going to happen.
I also sync quite large binary files (music, photos and occasionally
isos). DVCS I think wouldn't not be ideal here, since you'd get a 2x
increase in size, and deletion wouldn't decrease that.
>> I actually [sync?] many of my DVCS working repos between machines;
>
> For things where I use DVCS for non-sync purpose, I typically use
> a separate "work-mess" branch which I sync via "commit+merge" as above
> without caring about commit messages or commit granularity. And when
> the work is ready, I move it manually onto a real branch where I "commit
> properly".
Good idea also!
Phil
- Re: Trying to right-align my window on startup, (continued)
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- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Rusi, 2014/01/17
- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Emanuel Berg, 2014/01/17
- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Rusi, 2014/01/18
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- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Christoph Wedler, 2014/01/28
- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Emanuel Berg, 2014/01/28
- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Phillip Lord, 2014/01/29
- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Stefan Monnier, 2014/01/29
- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Phillip Lord, 2014/01/29
- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Stefan Monnier, 2014/01/29
- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup],
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- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Emanuel Berg, 2014/01/29
- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Phillip Lord, 2014/01/29
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- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Emanuel Berg, 2014/01/29
- RE: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Drew Adams, 2014/01/28
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- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Christoph Wedler, 2014/01/30
- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Stefan Monnier, 2014/01/30
- RE: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Drew Adams, 2014/01/30
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- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Rusi, 2014/01/30
- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Emanuel Berg, 2014/01/30
- Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup], Phillip Lord, 2014/01/31