[ubuntu-za] Sync folders using git

[Raymond Barbour]

Are you sure it is not a Unison configuration issue or bug? I've used it to
sync my laptop with it and not had this problem.
Raymond
On 24 Feb 2011 5:26 PM, "Daniël Louw" <daniel at dline.co.za> wrote:
> Hello All.
>
> Being a CS student at university, I tend to do a lot of work on a
computer.
> This work is not done on one machine however.
> I do work on my home PC, on the PC's in the labs at varsity saving my work
> to a thumb drive, and on my netbook when I'm sitting under a tree on
campus
> (programming outside, in the sun... Wait what?!)
>
> The fact that work is done on the same fileset on three different
locations
> creates a need to be able to sync files and folders between each other.
I've
> been using Unison for this very purpose for a while now. But it has an
> irritating "feature": When I delete a directory off one copy of my
fileset,
> and I sync with another copy, the removed directory is right back where It
> was, as Unison sees the absence of the deleted directory as a reason to
copy
> it back from the other source. The same is true for files.
>
> So I thought to myself, why can't I use git? Git is smart enough that when
I
> delete a file or directory, it will be removed from the other git repo.
And
> I get the advantage of built in version control for all my programming
> projects.
> Syncing my netbook and my PC is easy. That's a standard git push from one
to
> another using ssh. But the thumb drive is troublesome. Sometimes I use it
in
> my home PC, and sometimes on my netbook.
>
> My question is, how can I use git to sync two folders on one machine, as
in
> sync my documents folder to the documents folder on my thumb drive?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Regards
>
> *Daniël Louw*
> ================================
> daniel at dline.co.za
> www.dline.co.za
> +27 84 2499 299
> +12 12 347 8305
> ================================
>
> *"In order to understand recursion one must first understand recusion"*
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