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Is there an open source alternative to Windows Volume Shadow Copy?
I need to keep previous versions of files in a directory
automatically without having to use a check in / check out
process or a traditional version control system.
Additionally, the platform I need this on is Windows XP and I've found that the
Windows Volume Shadow Copy is only available on the Server Windows versions.

  • Is there a way to configure an open source version control system like git to automatically save a new version when a file changes? –  Nov 04 '10 at 17:47
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    In UNIX, there's etckeeper that does this. etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, darcs, or bzr repository. It hooks into apt (and other package managers including yum and pacman-g2) to automatically commit changes made to /etc during package upgrades. It tracks file metadata that revison control systems do not normally support. –  Nov 04 '10 at 17:51
  • -1 this question suffers from incorrect application of computing terms. Volume Shadow Copy Service is available on **all** OSes from Windows XP and up. Only the IT part is unavailable on non-enterprise level OSes. – unixman83 Sep 10 '11 at 17:43

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I found a Wikipedia entry here and was able to find a Windows XP application here