I also use file-level GPG encryption on all financial data. Using a VCS would require an encrypted filesystem of some sort, which is waiting until my next computer / total disk reinstall.
I have backups. Just not at the granularity I'd probably have with legitimate version control. On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Craig Earls <[email protected]> wrote: > Stick your ledger file in a guy repo and do a commit before any major > tinkering. > > > On Monday, January 12, 2015, Eric Weigle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Mostly paranoia. Since switching from gnucash to ledger I've messed >> things up majorly a couple times with overzealous search and replace >> "cleanup" and want to avoid that as much as possible. >> >> My main use case is that I get a stock statement and want to do an >> account reconciliation at the lot level. Adding some asserts as a marker >> for next time would be nice in case I screw something up in the interim. >> >> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Martin Blais <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I've thought about this before: Beancount only offers checks in units, >>> not individual lots, neither in total cost basis for those units. This is >>> not an unreasonable feature to consider however, but I haven't found it to >>> be necessary yet. >>> >>> Are you just being particularly sensitive to making assertions, or do >>> you have a specific use case in mind? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Eric Weigle <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Related to the earlier question about currencies/commodities, I can't >>>> seem to find a way to say something like this: >>>> >>>> 2015/01/01 Stock balance forward >>>> Assets:Stock 0 = 5 AAPL {$100} >>>> Assets:Stock 0 = 10 AAPL {$200} >>>> >>>> Is this possible? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Ledger" 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ledger" 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. >>> >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ledger" 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. >> > > > -- > Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ > enderw88.wordpress.com > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ledger" 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. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" 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.
