As Excel files are binary (from git's point of view), merging will be kind of pain I think. Otherwise it's not a bad idea. There is even a tool called SparkleShare for such tasks. On 27 Apr 2013 20:40, "Alex" <alevg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone! > I like git very much as version control system form code development and > I'm using it for a while. But now I've got a different task and I want to > use git for it. > I've got a windows share folder, located on a server I don't have access > to. There are few people working with this folder. The folder contains > mainly Excel files. Every file can be edited only by one user at any moment > of time. The task is to organize a version control system on this shared > folder. My idea is just to create git repository on that shared folder, > install git gui like TortoiseGit on local machines of user working with it > and make commits from local machines to the repository. I don't need > branching, local copies of repository and merging. Only simple commits to > store history of changes and be able to compare different revisions of the > file (I'm using a custom utility with git-difftool). The thing I'm worried > about is would be such approach safe. For example, if 2 users make commits > at the same time, will it be ok? Or what will happen if the connection to > the server would be lost during a commit (though it's not likely to > happen)? Can this make any damage to repository? Maybe there are some other > problems I haven't thought about? > I would be glad for any help or comments. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Git for human beings" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
