Richard Heck wrote: > On 06/30/2016 07:10 PM, Ahmad Abdullah wrote: >> This is just a recap and for future reference ( I will include it in the >> wiki as well). So it seems that I can only check in from Home only after I >> checkout the last version I checked in at work. Meaning that, if I need to >> be able to do version control at home on the same file, I must check in >> all changes I made at work before going home or else I will lose all of >> them because at home I have to check out the last successfully checked in >> version before being able to do any version control. Even if I save my >> changes at work without checking them in, I will lose all of them at home >> because I have to check out the last successfully checked in version. This >> is a weird bug in RCS as far as I see. > > RCS was a very early VCS, and it has a lot of shortcomings.
Actually in current LyX setup RCS is more feature rich than git and given it's storage simplicity it's often better alternative than git. Things change if you want collaborate or store also figures. Pavel
