nolag
November 12th, 2010, 08:04 PM
I was thinking, I know svn is meant for version controll, but I would it be a bad idea to use it to backup my system?
Considering how it works I was thinking that the inital commit would be huge, but after that it would not take too much space, right? I would use a recursive add to make sure that I get all new folders and files.
I know it was not the intent of svn, but how different is svn from shadow copy windows offers? They both only commit differences in files, they both allow restorepoints to dates/times.
I guess the only things I would need to think of is how to stop duplicate files from being created if something is copied (not svn copied) by a user.
A part of me is saying "Don't do it it's horrible" another part it like why?
Looking for any feedback!
Thanks
nolag
Considering how it works I was thinking that the inital commit would be huge, but after that it would not take too much space, right? I would use a recursive add to make sure that I get all new folders and files.
I know it was not the intent of svn, but how different is svn from shadow copy windows offers? They both only commit differences in files, they both allow restorepoints to dates/times.
I guess the only things I would need to think of is how to stop duplicate files from being created if something is copied (not svn copied) by a user.
A part of me is saying "Don't do it it's horrible" another part it like why?
Looking for any feedback!
Thanks
nolag