[cvsnt] Re: Mirroring

[Ryan J Ollos]

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>Message: 4
>Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:00:11 -0800
>From: Erin Loy <ELoy at riverdeep.net>
>Subject: [cvsnt] Mirroring
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>Hello,
>Does anyone know how to mirror or synchronize two CVS servers?  I found the
>DCVS project, which appears to be exactly what I need, but it only appears
>to work with Unix style systems, and I'm running on a Win 2000 machine.  Any
>thoughts?
> 
>Thanks,
>Erin Loy
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I really can't say whether this is a good idea or not, but i remember 
reading in the FAQ for Unison (a mirroring tool) the following, with 
respect to using Unison to mirror CVS servers:

"/Has anybody tried to use Unison in conjunction with CVS in order to 
replicate a CVS repository for active development in more than one 
geographical location at the same time? Do you forsee any issues with 
trying to do such a thing, or do you have any tips as to how to get a 
setup like that working?/

Unison and CVS can be used together. The easiest way is to replicate 
your files with Unison but keep your CVS repository on just one machine 
(and do a commit on that machine after each time you synchronize with 
Unison, if files in that directory have changed).

More complex schemes are also possible (e.g., using a remote CVS server 
and checking in from any host with one of the replicas), but should be 
used with care. In particular, if you use a remote CVS server, it is 
important that you do /not/ tell Unison to ignore the files in the CVS 
subdirectory."

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ 
<http://www.cis.upenn.edu/%7Ebcpierce/unison/>