If you've never used git, first note that you do not need to use a server to move from your way of attaching dates to filenames to something more robust. Simply use git locally on your laptop.
If you absolutely need a server that is away from your laptop, consider using a free service such as bitbucket or github (or others); it will let you concentrate on learning git without having to learn how to set up a server. You can always migrate to your home server once you have sufficient experience in using git. Bitbucket allows any team of five or less people to have free private repositories; at Github I think private repositories are pay-only (except in some academic circumstances; perhaps they apply to you, given that you use LaTeX). On Tuesday, 29 December 2015 12:14:46 UTC+1, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > I've never used git, > and I want to install it on my CentOS home server, > to use with a personal project in LaTeX. > Up to now I have simply kept versions of the project > as project-20151213.tex and so on. > > My intention (or hope) is that I will be able to access the project > on my Fedora laptop, edit it there and save the new version on the server. > > I've looked briefly at a few online tutorials, > but have not found anything very helpful. > I don't want to use some other related program git-* > unless that is really necessary. > > Here are a couple of questions that I have: > Is there any standard or semi-standard location for git on a server? > Am I right in thinking I have a base directory .../git/ > and a subdirectory of this for each project? > I take it I can then clone the project to anywhere I choose > on my laptop-client? > > -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
