Sharing files between distros

[Michael Hipp]

Matthew Carpenter wrote:

> It's not the *best* solution, probably, but I use Unison (with the
> front-end "unison-gtk").  It's in most distros already.
> 
> I have, in my home directory, a folder named "SHARED", which I keep in
> sync with my home server and several laptops/desktops.  I store stuff
> in there that I want shared between installs and symlink to there.
> It's common and standardized since every system is in sync.  It works
> quite well for me, particularly with a GUI to help deal with
> discrepancies (this changed on both systems since last sync).

I used a system like this for a long time. I recently switched over to 
keeping it in Subversion. Unison tended to fail in strange and annoying 
ways. The performance of Subversion, especially over dial-up, is far 
better. Plus the ability to "go back in time" was a big draw since a lot 
of it is code, script files, and documents where a previous version 
sometimes holds some jewel I've lost. I don't keep "settings" in there 
so it's not like a true home directory. More like a "Documents" or 
"Projects" or "Tools" directory.

Michael