That is a cool article, thanks for posting it.
I love the stash function.
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Why not commit every time you save?
Anyone who worked in the 1980s using VAX would tell you how great it was that
thefile system kept versions of the file. Much, much better than the single
file version we have now.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with doing work in progress commits after
I just found this yesterday, not sure how much it'll help, but it is
related.
http://www.developer.com/open/10-ways-git-version-control-can-streamline-your-writing-projects.html
On 02/07/2011 12:31 PM, Mark (my words) wrote:
Hello,
I'm new to git. I'm trying to develop a workflow for my
You definitely do not want a commit every time you save your file. Just
commit when you reach a milestone, etc.
Also, have you looked into using a online document hosting service like
GoogleDocs. I presume you need to use advanced editing features that are
available part of Word or some other
You definitely do not want a commit every time you save your file. Just
commit when you reach a milestone, etc.
Good deal. I'm still experimenting with that. Some of my projects a single
line, or word, change is a major milestone. But it looks like I'll be
manually committing to git and
make sure you have .gitignore to NOT TRACK you text wrangler backup files
google docs does not support git AFAIK - not sure if git is the most
appropriate tool
for managing written word collection (could really depend on the User)
but it is very accommodating ; the book I recommended used a peom
No worries, my TW backups are in an entirely differnt directory structure
from my writing—that would be a mess.
Git may not be an appropriate tool, I guess that’s what I’m trying to
discover. I go through an unholy number of drafts—it can be a hassle
tracking down that one phrase that didn’t
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Mark (my words) elib...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm new to git. I'm trying to develop a workflow for my creative writing.
FWIW, I use git for just about every document I produce (report,
paper, presentation). Most of the text is in LaTeX, notes using
emacs's dot.org
Thanks for all the advice. I’ll apologize upfront for not crediting each of
you for your individual contributions in my response—I’m feeling a bit
overwhelmed.
I just made a repository of 23 directories of poems, and yeah, it’s
unwieldy. Thanks for the info on multi-repository tools that
