> > This is a bit off-topic but I have been thinking about using > subversion to manage versioning etc. on several writing projects. > Everything I've seen seems to be oriented towards team / multi-user > scenarios but it also seems that people use it for single-authored > projects. Stephan (and others!) , do you have any recommendations on > SVN workflow, helper apps, shortcomings etc? Prefs. for SVN vs. > Mercurial or other alternatives? > thanks > Derick
Multi-user workflows are readily adaptable to the single user if you work at multiple sites (at home and at work, say). If you have a repository on a server somewhere, you can access your files (and their histories!) wherever you are. I used to use subversion. Now I use git. Most of the problems that I had with subversion had to doing with merging. These have been addressed in subversion 1.5. However, a case can be made for using distributed version control such as git or mercurial especially wrt BibTeX files---to facilitate sharing. See: http://markelikalderon.com/blog/2008/06/17/gitting-bibtex/ http://orgtheory.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/git-bibs/ All the best, Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
