Re: [tlug] Baby Steps for Command Line Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 05/07/06, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

> The big advantage to using a version control program is that they
> encourage documentation (except RCS derivatives) with the "-m" flag.
> Ie, if you don't give -m with darcs or git (and maybe arch), they'll
> fire up an editor at you.  tar and cp are no help with the WTFDIDAY
> (what the fuck did I do and why) problem.  (Of course RCS, CVS, and
> Subversion permit the -m flag, but they don't discipline you to it.)

CVS and SVN behave the exact same way you have described above: if you
do not provide a commit message via the -m flag, they present you with
an editor and a commit message template.

Am I misunderstanding you?

-Josh