The heartbreak of subversion

[John Fiore]

> Remember, what I was after (on Vim del Toboso's behalf) was a
> slick way to do this bit of pseudo code:
>
>         For each filename in some list:
>         if /here/filename is different from /there/filename then
>                 copy and encrypt /here/filename
>                         to /there/filename
>                 and be quick about it
>         endif

I didn't realize that your long posting was in response to this query.
 Clearly version control of any kind is not what you're looking for.