I
do include the whole document and its RCS repo in OneDrive, as matter
of fact in the same folder. This is what is confusing me, if everything
lives in the same folder, why
can't I do version control on a different PC? I have examined the MyDoc.lyx,v
file and I don't see any trace for OS dependent variables.
Setting up a git account would be a less neat solution as I will lose the
version control from within LyX.
Best Regards,
Ahmad Abdullah
Subject: Re: RCS Version Control on Windows
To: ahmad.abdul...@msn.com; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: rgh...@lyx.org
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:42:16 -0400
On 06/28/2016 10:35 AM, Ahmad Abdullah
wrote:
Hi all,
This is my first email to this group. I
generally find the
online resources as well as LyX documentation very helpful.
The only exception
to this rule is when it comes to version control. It took me
so much time to
know how to install RCS on Windows. I basically followed the
steps given in the
LyX wiki on how to install RCS for a portable LyX
installation. After I did
that, I was able to do version control easily. I have
identical installations
at the PC at home and the one at work (work is windows 7 and
home is windows
10).
Now my problem is actually that I use my
OneDrive to save my
LyX document. I use my OneDrive so I have access to the
document both at work
and at home. So here is a typical scenario I am facing: I am
at work, saved the
document on my OneDrive and then checked in all changes. After
that I go back
home, the problem arises. When I open the document I saved at
work with the LyX
installation at home, LyX at home doesn’t recognize the last
check in that I
committed at work and I still have to check in the last change
(LyX at home
says the document is not locked). So I try to check in the
last change, and
then LyX complains saying that “Some error happened while ci,
can’t check in
the document”. Basically what is happening I can’t check in
any changes made at
home to the same RCS repo (the MyDoc.lyx,v file) I
created at work, i.e.,
I have to save the document with a new name and start a new
version control in
it which means I will have to lose all history in the RCS
repo; a bad idea obviously.
My question is whether any one saw this
before. What should
I do so that I can check in to same RCS repo both at home and
at work without
the need to re-save the same document over and over again.
This is a problem with RCS, not with LyX.
If I were you, I'd set up a free git account somewhere, e.g.,
gitlab, and use that. Then you don't need OneDrive or whatever. You
can push your changes to yout git account from home, then pull them
at work, and vice versa.
Alternatively, if you really want to use OneDrive, then you should
put the entire directory where your RCS repo lives on it.
Richard
Best Regards,
Ahmad Abdullah
