mivs is minimal versioning software.
mivs is good for simple single-person/small-team projects.
mivs -i will initialize a mivs repository.
mivs -r "<comment>" will record the changes of the working repo as-is.
mivs -j <record_number> will alter the mivs repository and revert files to the specific record.
current or latest will jump back to the present.
mivs -s "<info>" will search the mivs repo and print the corresponding records.
mivs -m <repo1> <repo2> <new_repo> merges the two mivs repos in a simple way,
favoring the first timeline.
mivs -l will print a list of mivs records in chronological order.
Every mivs repo has a .mivs folder. Inside you'll find a structure like:
.mivs
|- mivs.yaml
|- records
|- 0
|- record.yaml
|- ...
|- 1
|- ...
|- latest
|- record.yaml
|- ...
mivs.yaml- A yaml file defining the following information
nameof the mivs repo- a list of
ignores - The
last_recordnumber - A list of
recordsmessages
- A yaml file defining the following information
$ mkdir auto_readme_test
$ cd auto_readme_test
$ mivs -i
Initializing mivs
$ echo 'Hello world!'
$ mivs -r 'Created README'
Recording current state
$ mkdir src
$ echo 'print('\''wow!'\'')'
$ echo 'sq = lambda x : x**2'
$ mivs -r 'Added other code'
Recording current state
$ echo -e 'I added another sentence.\nOr two!'
$ mivs -r 'Updated README'
Recording current state
$ mivs -l
Initializing mivs
main
(0) 2021-04-06 00:23:21.710162: Created README
(1) 2021-04-06 00:23:21.763468: Added other code
(2) 2021-04-06 00:23:21.816855: Updated README
$ mivs -s README
Searching mivs
$ ls
README.md src
$ mivs -j 0
Jumping to record 0
$ ls
$ mivs -j 1
Jumping to record 1
$ ls
README.md
$ mivs -j 2
Jumping to record 2
$ ls
README.md src
$ cd ..
Python3- Python
pyyamlmodule - GNU/BSD
diffandpatch
Why?
mivs is a personal project over the course of a few days. I don't necessarily think anyone should use this implementation of mivs. But it was fun to make nonetheless.
Wouldn't mivs be more minimal this way or that way?
Probably. I think mivs is cool because it does the least amount of work to actually even consider itself versioning software.
Isn't it ironic that this project is hosted on git?
Probably.