[Owncloud] Version Control Ideas/Issues

[mail at samtuke.com]

On Friday 14 October 2011 14:41:48 Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> So using git or something similar for some files and some other mechanism
> like  rsync for other files sounds like a resonable concept to me.

In the first VCS implementation just tracking non-binary files seems like a good 
idea. A solution for large binaries can be added afterwards, but the most 
obvious need related to non-binary.

Git would be a good choice in terms of speed, merge logic and flexible repo 
relationships, but due to the complexity in configuring it, maybe  it would be 
worth sacrificing those features for a simpler VCS which would require less 
complex resolutions when issues arise. Most owncloud users wont have a hope of 
personalising their VCS configuration if they have to learn Git first.

Or do you think that it will be possible to implement git as the non-binary 
VCS backend in owncloud in a way that is totally transparent to the user and 
will never require direct configuration? If a user wants to do anything other 
than the VCS than use it within Owncloud then surely git will start posing 
major problems.

Sam.
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