On Thu, 14 May 2015 05:44:05 -0700 (PDT) Massoud Yeganeh <massoud.yega...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Original document will be reviewed and edited by a few people. > Then later it will branched to different variations. > Also, root document will be translated by different people to their > own languages. > The root document, these translated documents and branched document > will be updated (root changes or better translations). > > How to manage this? Mark, Massoud, I started to question whether you're actually on the right track to find the solution to your problem. In my eyes, the problem with your approach is that you might not need a VCS in the first place or at least not *that* sharp tool Git is. Please don't be too driven away by the fact Git is currently on the hype and is the de-facto VCS most new software projects pick (to the point that some people asking for VCS-related help on non-VCS support forums do not mention what VCS they are talking about as they imply Git). Git is wonderful, but it's tailored to a specific task: managing source code of a software project by a person with advanced skill set and consequently matching demands to their tools. To me, it seems that your use case doesn't fall into this categorization (yes, I know that lots of inexperienced folks use Git but the question is should they use it in the first place). So, I'd like to ask you both: did you try to explore if one of the so-called "document management systems" (DMS) is actually the suitable fit for your use case? For instance, the Alfresco project is a mature and free DMS. A DMS allows you to inject documents, set up their workflow (approval, submission to other persons etc), manage their versions, receive notifications about edits etc. And all this using a simple (typically web-based) interface. Honestly, after reading your questions, I fancy how someone in your enterprise pulls from a shared Git repository, gets a merge conflict and... I'm just not sure that will play well, especially given the blob nature of those MSO documents (IOW, they are unmergeable in a normal sense). Do you really want to learn about remote vs local branches in Git? Suitable merge strategies to deal with blobs? I'm not so sure. Hence I'd suggest to first look at a DMS system and if else fails look at a centralized VCS (Subversion is a typical goto solution) or at least a VCS system which mimics a centralized workflow as much as possible -- with Fossil being a good fit. -- 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/d/optout.
