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Also, while Mutagen's exact implementation is novel in a number of ways, I would be remiss to not point out that huge amount of academic work in this field was

Also, while Mutagen's exact implementation is novel in a number of ways, I would be remiss to not point out that huge amount of academic work in this field was done by Benjamin Pierce[0] and later implemented in Unison[1]. [0]: https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/papers/index.shtml#Synchronization https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/papers/index.shtml#Synch... [1]: https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/

AnthonBerg 4y ago
Thank you so much for the great replies!
liketochill 4y ago
I’ve been using unison for what feels like 14 years. Once working it was great but it always took me a while to figure out the exact command line options I wanted. Beautiful tool.
- CoastalCoder 4y ago
  > but it always took me a while to figure out the exact command line options I wanted. Reminds me of my occasional use of rsync. I'm always afraid of invoking it wrong and synching in the wrong direction.