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Gökçer Gökdal
Gökçer Gökdal

Reputation: 1024

Dropbox-like automatic file versioning on Linux-based systems

Does linux have any utility or file system for tracking versions of files and directories like dropbox or "Local History" at Intellij Idea products? What I mean is when a user make a change in a file like /etc/ssh/sshd_conf, daemon will automatically detect the change after file is saved and create a new version for the file. After then user will be able to see what changes were done to the file or directory by whom and when. I am familiar with auditd and configure it to watch file changes which does not do versioning on files or directories. Git like version control systems are also not automated and need user do operation and doesn't create versioning automatically.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1153

Answers (3)

jeffmcneill
jeffmcneill

Reputation: 2260

Check out flashbake, which uses git. https://github.com/cmdln/flashbake/wiki

Upvotes: 0

kostix
kostix

Reputation: 55483

I'd hand-roll a solution involving incron or a custom script (running in backgroun) making use of inotifywait (packages incron and inotify-tools in Debian).

In either case, the script code triggered by "file closed after being written to" events (the CLOSE_WRITE event) would grab the new version of the file and commit it to a repository manager by the VCS of your choice.

Upvotes: 1

MrX
MrX

Reputation: 66

You should take a look at the filesystem NILFS and see if it fits your need.

Upvotes: 4

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