[sf-lug] What's the best way to sync two laptops?

[Michael Shiloh]

On 11/29/2011 09:37 AM, Rick Moen wrote:

>> Years ago I remember reading about someone who had everything checked in
>> to CVS, including all his email. This allowed him to sync his computer
>> at home, work, elsewhere using CVS. Interesting solution.
>
> Joey Hess, friend of mine.  Of course, any other VCS will work, and his
> article in _Linux Journal_ (preserved on his Web site) about that used
> CVS for the implementation because it was indeed many, many years ago.
> http://kitenet.net/~joey/cvshome/
> Later, he used SVN:
> http://onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/06/svn_homedir.html
> http://kitenet.net/~joey/svnhome/
> Today, Joey does it using git.


Yep, that's the guy. Tell him thanks!
>
> There's a mailing list and related wiki for people doing such things:
> http://lists.madduck.net/listinfo/vcs-home
> http://vcs-home.branchable.com/
>
> You'll find via the wiki and mailing list simple recipes based on
> people's experiences doing it.

Will check it out. Thanks!