Re: philosophical question about frequent saving of files

> From [email protected] Mon Aug 29 13:45:08 2005
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:45:22 -0700
> From: Richard Bair <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [nbui] philosophical question about frequent saving of files
> 
> 
> >If I need to make an experiment in a file, I need to check it (out of
> >sccs) anyway. There's my backup.
> >
> >Aren't sccs deltas "personal"?
> >  
> >
> What if you aren't using version control? What if you don't want to use 
> version control for holding your diffs? Branching and merging in CVS is 
> a royal pain for managing a personal workspace compared to the approach 
> JBuilder took with local Versioning.


Why not replace the "royal pain" instead of tacking on more technology?

sccs is quite low-overhead and doesn't require "buy-in" to something
complex like CVS or subversion; it can be used personally. Or
you can use rcs the same way. Then if you want to participate in a
full-fledged VCS you can.
Note how sccs/rcs etc evolved from personal backup systems originally
written in shells and even as textbook examples of complex shell 
programs. 

Tor, if you're distracted by your cell phone or IRC so much that
you can't program, why not toss your cellphone and shut down the IRC?


Mind, you I"m just being a thorn in the desert :-)
I do have a 'bu' script in my bin exactly for the occasional
personal backup, but that's only because integration with sccs 
in the "ide"s that I use is somewhat clunky.