Do any version control systems have auto commit?

[Das Bruce]

This is a feature I would use GIT for, basically like auto saving in any other application but it auto commits every x minutes.

[gajop]

Dropbox I guess (yes it also has version control in a way, i.e you can check your old files from the net, download them and then use w/e compare tool you want).

[malric]

You could make a script that runs every x minutes and does commit. What do you need this for ? Sounds a bit strange...

[Licho]

Google drive

[SirMaverick]

What do you need this for ? Sounds a bit strange...

+1

[PicassoCT]

He lost some code that was dear to him- stop mock him, and start consoling.

Also, remember that nothing last forever - so if the copyright industry gets to svn as the next evil thing- you are fucked. If someone finds out you can share movies with these.

[Das Bruce]

You could make a script that runs every x minutes and does commit. What do you need this for ? Sounds a bit strange...

I just want a way to ensure regular commits while I'm working. Sometimes I get distracted and it's an hour or two since I last commited and everything is irrevocably fucked.

[malric]

Also, remember that nothing last forever - so if the copyright industry gets to svn as the next evil thing- you are fucked.

I think you should get a +1 for paranoia.

@DasBruce: if you are in Linux a cron script is very easy to make (and many tutorial out there). This being said, I think you should try to commit at important points in your development (when something works, when it compiles, when you think you wrote a good piece of code). In my opinion you might end up loosing more time looking for some piece of code that you remember was working 2 hours ago. Plus that if you ever develop within a team good habits will help not being hated

Anyhow, happy coding!

[Forboding Angel]

I would use google drive. Failing that, if you want a more manual setup thing you could try syncback and back it up to a local disk or ftp server.

[AF]

Google Drive isn't a version control system though....

When building a version contorl system ti doesn't make much sense to build this in. The main reason being that one can automate that ones self with cron jobs and services

See here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4201 ... uto-commit

[Forboding Angel]

Google Drive isn't a version control system though....

Yes it does...

[PicassoCT]

No, it does not. I came here for an argument!

Truth is that anything that autocomits, and autoupdates, is virtually indistinguishable- from a classic filesharing service.

[AF]

Document revision history in Google Docs is not comparable to the likes of svn/git/mercurial. Nor is it something you can export and take with you without great effort.

Das Bruce what did you go for in the end?