Subversion managed home directory

Feel free to edit the list of requirements: Please move removed text to a 'discussion' section for later/possible defense.

Current Project Stage

• requirements gathering

Requirements

• Write A tutorial
• Version Control system

1. Subversion - looks good
2. git & rsync - too much work?
3. cvs - blah

• Symlink generation scripts

1. create symlinks to . files redirected into subversion dot-file archive.

• Permissions warning scripts

1. run this script to warn you of files that are in public repositories if they're new files.

• Encrypted directory support

1. used for personal data that you'd keep encrypted anyway

• /etc/ tie-in
• Tie in rsync directories that aren't in the repository.

1. used for backing up media (video, images, music, art, etc).
2. outside of project scope?

• Provide scripts for creating multiple subversion directories

1. use a config file for deciding permissions & names
2. Create a 'boilerplate' schema to setup a default layout and recommended permission for each.
3. Help to make sure files are organized in the most portable method possible

• Script for rsync backing of the subversion repository to external host

1. There have been comments that subversion's database/filesystem is flaky at times.

• Scripts for subversion repository backing to CD/DVD
• Scripts to handle check in/out automatically

1. should work as a cron and/or upon login/logout

• Scripts should work on Linux, BSD, Mac OSX, Windows (?)
• Repository should have a light-weight checkout method

1. Some users don't have install authority to fully install svn
2. rsync slaves with read-only permissions might work but there are problems with ssh

References

• Keeping Your Life in Subversion

• SVN O'Reilly book