ultra-lightweight version control
Track was written so that I didn't have to have to install git (or rcs) onto test machine that would would be reinstalled in fairly short order, but that I was developing code on. Git was too heavyweight, and rcs is just kind of painful to use and still a bit heavy. Since the machine would have a full python installation, I decide to write a simple version tracking system in pure python.
Track leaves out everything I didn't need. No users. No client-server. No branching. No file locking.
track is for one user working on one thing. It works by copying whole files into a hidden directory.
It keeps track of comments in a json file. It does a few clever diffs, and lets you examine the repository.
And that's pretty much it. It's not a collaboration tool, like git or perforce. It's just a very simple version tracker.
to use:
>ls
foo bar bang
>track foo bar bang #start tracking the files
>track -r #list the repo
bang
foo
bar
>vi foo #change foo
>track -d foo #diff the file
--- /Users/stillson/track/track/test/.track/foo.01
+++ foo
@@ -1,1 +1,2 @@
asdf
+asdf
>track foo #check in the current version
>track -d foo #this is now empty
The basic usage is track filename copies a new revision into the repository if the file has changed.
track -d filename diffs with the last check in.
There are more options. Read the code :)
Berkeley License. Just let me know if you use it.