[Techtalk] conceptual CVS

[Sonja Krause-Harder]

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 02:51:52PM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
 
> But then I need to have CVS running on the production servers (not a
> realistic option because of politics) AND I need to ssh into them each 
> time I want to update the files. 

Yes, that's true. You can install cvs in your home directory, on a properly
set-up system you shouldn't be able to break anything, so that's rather
an inconvenience than a problem.

> On top of all that my ISP assigns a
> dynamic IP address which means that if I did want to update files from my
> laptop I'd have to adjust that number each time.

Sorry I wasn't specific here - you can get a fixed hostname (for free) from
services like dyndns.org, so your cvs incantation would stay the same.
However:
 
> I do have ssh accounts on all three machines, but I
> would really rather not have to connect to them to run an update. This is
> why I'm thinking a "push" from my laptop is going to be a better solution
> for me.

Can you script whatever you do with scp? Then you'd just check out locally,
and at least have the upload scripted.

Sonja