Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: Checkpoint
Version: 0.2b1
Summary: Checkpoint is a simple media archive management system.
Home-page: http://checkpoint.googlecode.com/
Author: Ian Charnas
Author-email: ian.charnas@gmail.com
License: UNKNOWN
Download-URL: http://code.google.com/p/checkpoint/downloads/list
Description: ===============================
        Checkpoint Media Archive System
        ===============================
        
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        Introduction
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        Checkpoint watches all the files in a directory (recursively), and allows you
        to revert your directory to any point in the past that you did a 'commit' to
        save your changes. This is useful for graphic designers, animators, musicians,
        and anyone looking for an easy way to version large files.
        
        A command-line-utility is included for regular users so they can periodically
        save snapshots of their files and restore files from that history. Also, a
        python API is exposed for developers to integrate into Content Management
        Systems and other software requiring file versioning.
        
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        What's a Media-Archive System?  Is this a Version Control System?
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        While excellent Version Control Systems such as Bazaar and Mercurial already
        exist in python implementations, they are optimized for managing changes to
        *source code* using *diffs*. They can and do handle binary files, but binary
        file operations are not blazingly fast. From the Bazaar FAQ:
        
        ... [bazaar] is primarily a source code control system, not a
        media archive system. So it is not a priority to support enormous
        (hundred-megabyte) binaries or multi-gigabyte trees. There are other
        tools better suited to that.
        
        This is where Checkpoint fits in. Checkpoint was specifically designed to
        quickly manipulate large binary files such as images, video, audio, and so on.
        
        The other main difference between Checkpoint and a Version Control System
        (VCS) is that Checkpoint detects your file changes *automatically*. In a VCS
        you have to 'add' files to the repository using special commands such as `svn
        add somefile.txt`. While those VCS commands are helpful in managing source
        code projects to eliminate storage of intermediary files and generated files,
        in a Media-Archive System hard drive space is sacrificed for ease of use.
        
        Also of great importance, the Checkpoint command-line utility is incredibly
        easy to understand, so regular users don't have to learn any complex VCS
        terminology or concepts.
        
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        Installation and Usage
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        Visit the Checkpoint `project home <http://checkpoint.googlecode.com>`_
        for more information.
Keywords: checkpoint,version control,media archive
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Environment :: Plugins
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Version Control
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Archiving
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
