> > Dave Anderson wrote [2012-01-28 15:13+0100]: > > [.] > >> I haven't yet had a chance to look into how cvs works beyond > >> reading the man page, faq, etc. > >
> > > > If you're doing your updates in such a regular manner, i think > > your best bet is cvsync(1), even if that means additional local > > storage - but it is *far* more efficient in both, time and > > traffic. (Not to talk about the possibility to do 'cvs log' and > > the like locally, without internet connection; if that's an issue.) > > Pears similar ciao, > > > > --steffen > > > > thanks... this motivated me to use cvsync from anoncvs and use a > CVSROOT=/home/amit/MYLOCALREPO to update from cvs. Much much faster > and while initial checkout from cvsync takes 5-10 hrs, the subsequent > updates are lightning quick. > > --amit > Yes, I also finally got around to trying cvsync because of this thread and its a lot quicker. And even more speedy when I added a "scanfile /root/cvsync-scanfile" line in the "collection" part of the config file.
