Local version control system (Hacker School Friday Challenge #5)
myvcs backup [-m <msg>] # Creates a new backup for current directory in .myvcs
myvcs checkout n # Reverts current directory to backup .myvcs/n
myvcs latest # Reverts current directory to latest backup
myvcs current # Prints the number of the current backup
myvcs log # Prints a list of backups and their creation dates and messages
- Recursively copies current directory into
.myvcsdirectory - Backups in
.myvcsare in numbered directories starting from 1
Copied from Hackpad:
- Diffs. Print the difference between two snapshots with
myvcs diff 1 12 - Branches. Here's the fun part! Using the head data from in item 5, store the parent of each backup as it's made. Then alter
myvcs logto only print information about the current backup's ancestors.