Re: [9fans] VCS on Plan9

[Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 12:10 AM <ori@eigenstate.org> wrote:
> Quoth Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com>:
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is just an `echo` into fossilcons,
> > isn't it? `fsys main snap -a` or something like it?
>
> it would be if being able to write to fossilcons
> didn't imply being able to do a lot more than
> creating a new snapshot.

Fair point. But it would be pretty simple to write a small proxy
service that wrapped that, and only exposed something that let an
authorized user trigger writing the `snap` command into `fossilcons`
on one's behalf. The point is, the raw tools to do what Steve proposed
mostly already exist; wiring them up shouldn't require any changes to
fossil itself.

This is all rather far afield from the issue of revision control,
though. Getting back to that, a true VCS and the sort of backup
facility offered by fossil+venti (and other similar things, such as
the work you've done on filesystems) are mostly orthogonal.

        - Dan C.

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