Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives

Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-03T08:13:52Z

On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 07:43:34PM -0500, David Masover wrote:
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> Oliver Neukum wrote:
> | Am Donnerstag, 2. September 2004 11:52 schrieb Spam:
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> |> Btw, version control for ordinary files would be a great feature. I
> |> think something like it is available through Windows 2000/3 server.
> |> Isn't it called "Shadow Copies". It works over network shares. :)
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> |> It allows you to restore previous versions of the file even if you
> |> delete or overwrite it.
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> | There's no need to do that in kernel, unless you want to be able
> | to force it unto users.
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> And on apps. Should I teach OpenOffice.org to do version control?
> Seems a lot easier to just do it in the kernel, and teach everything to
> do version control in one fell swoop.

Just add a post-save trigger that can check it into any SCM you want.