I refactor often as well, but keep track of changes in git, so that I can restore old versions if necessary.
On Aug 1, 11:51 pm, Xavier Shay <[email protected]> wrote: > I refactor quite liberally, and it has bitten me slightly in that I > have some totals that don't quite add up now. > Am going to investigate balance assertions that John mentioned before > doing anything more. > > I archive at the end of the tax year, after I've done my tax. > > On Aug 1, 11:01 am, Simon Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > How careful are you folks about changing past journal data, eg to clean up > > the account tree ? > > > I heard one person who tries to append only. > > > But as my chart of accounts evolves, I want to rename/split/merge accounts > > in old transactions too, otherwise my reports > > become cluttered. > > > But that makes it hard to recreate old reports, to verify agreement with > > related/derived historical documents, and > > probably increases the risk of introducing errors (eg "de-reconciling"). > > > Perhaps you refactor your current journal freely, but archive a read-only > > snapshot once a year ? Once a month ?
