1. A method for active configuration management of components of a data repository maintained in memory of a computer system, said method comprising: creating a plurality of file system event objects in response to the occurrence of a corresponding plurality of events associated with ones of said components, wherein said components include at least one of computer programs, databases, and text documents; entering said plurality of file system event objects into an event queue; and executing a sequence of configuration management (CM) operations involving identified ones of said components on the basis of corresponding ones of said file system event objects.