[PD] Git version control, diff and pd.

2013-04-17 Thread Rafael Vega
Hello. We're three developers trying to use git version control for a project that includes a handful of relatively complex pd patches and a bunch of text-based source files (c++ and html). A problem arises when git tries to merge one of the pd patches with another version of it: It fails and

Re: [PD] Git version control, diff and pd.

2013-04-17 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Wed, 2013-04-17 at 09:27 -0500, Rafael Vega wrote: Can anyone provide tips on how to diff two pd patches to find differences quickly so that conflicts can be fixed by hand without spending too much time trying to find differences? I think there is no way to sanely handle that. I treat

Re: [PD] Git version control, diff and pd.

2013-04-17 Thread yvan volochine
On 17/04/13 16:54, Roman Haefeli wrote: Can anyone provide tips on how to diff two pd patches to find differences quickly so that conflicts can be fixed by hand without spending too much time trying to find differences? I think there is no way to sanely handle that. wasn't there some plan to

Re: [PD] Git version control, diff and pd.

2013-04-17 Thread Joe White
Hi Rafa, +1 on what Roman said. We use Pure Data and Git a lot in our projects and you might find you have more luck organising a useable workflow in your team rather than trying to automatically diff/merge patches. Here's some of the things we do: - Split up your code into abstractions

Re: [PD] Git version control, diff and pd.

2013-04-17 Thread Rafael Vega
Thanks for the replies, that's what I feared :) Joe, I like your suggestions about abstractions and $0, thanks! On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Joe White white.j...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rafa, +1 on what Roman said. We use Pure Data and Git a lot in our projects and you might find you