[darcs-users] Using darcs with a shared Linux server

[Patrick Waugh]

Eric,

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Eric Y. Kow <eric.kow at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, it's a bit simpler than that; darcs keeps all the repository stuff
> in a subdirectory of your working directory (i.e. the actualy directory
> tree where your project is located).  That subdirectory is _darcs

I noticed this, ok, I was doing it right originally, haha.

> Right, once you have commited your changes (recorded them), you can
> push them to the "master" repository whenever you like.

Ok, so worst case if I can't use my shared server, I can setup a
"master" repository on a second drive or even maybe a memory stick.

> I think you will need to have shell access, unfortunately (darcs push
> requires the ability to run darcs on the remote end, for example, via
> ssh).  All you need on that end is darcs.

This is what I was trying to use:

  http://www.equational.org/darcs-server/

If you read the page, it seems to make me think that I can use my
shared server somehow.  If anyone has experience setting this up,
perhaps they can offer me some tips, as I could not get this to work.
Not sure if there are better directions somewhere.

Patrick