I run git on on my Windows machine and it works well. I don't always "get"
git, but give me a workflow to follow and I can follow it. Offline, I
volunteered to do MuseScore using a pre-release of 2.0. It can save files in
a text format, unless there are custom graphics (eg, SVG files) that need to be
included in the score.—
Marc Sabatella
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 4:26 AM, Urs Liska <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 08.01.2014 11:26, schrieb Phil Holmes:
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Urs Liska" <[email protected]>
>> To: "lilypond-user" <[email protected]>; "Janek Warchoł"
>> <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 4:15 PM
>> Subject: Engraving challenges
>>
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> recently we discussed about comparing LilyPond's performance with that
>>> of competing programs
> ...
>>>
>>> a)
>>> Who would be interested in participating by giving it a try with
>>> another program?
>>> As discussed sufficient proficiency with the tool and a current
>>> version is required.
>>
>> I would be interested and willing to use Sibelius 7.0.
> Great. You had already expressed this earlier, I know.
>>
>>> b)
>>> Who would be interested in participating with LilyPond?
>>> Of course with LilyPond it'll be easy to do it collaboratively, while
>>> I don't really see how Finale users should do the same.
>>
>> I'll let someone else.
> OK, we'll probably be too many anyway.
>>
>>
>> My main concern is the emphasis on git. Sibelius runs on my Windows box
>> and I don't generally use git on that at all. Sibelius also only
>> produces binary files, so there's no point in trying to track or
>> collaborate through git. How would a Windows/non-git machine proceed?
> The question is not unexpected but nevertheless tricky.
> We _have_ to track binary files also with Git.
> Half of the point is still there: Having a history chain of the file's
> development.
> The other half is of course pointless as the commits don't provide
> meaningfull diffs.
> And of course it will somewhat bloat the repo size, but we can accept
> this because the repo won't become huge anyway.
> So it would be great if you would install Git also on the Windows
> machine. AFAIK this isn't a big deal anymore.
> If that's not possible the only option I see is to somehow transfer the
> files somewhere where they can be added to the repository.
> For example by
> - making a copy with a revision number suffix.
> - when in a git-friendly environment commit them one by one,
> stripping off the suffix.
> Urs
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