[svlug] Need advice/help managing documents - Subversion? GIT?

[Paul Cubbage]

There are classic problems with one tool does all:
- it does none or only one well and the rest so, so
- It gets you by the interface e.g. import instead of read
Bill,

If you want to go simple (and limited) you can use some online services.

IF (big if) you want to coordinate m$ files, then you can use google
docs IF (bigger if) you use them in a simple manner (NO VB or special
features).  That solves one particular problem domain.  I use it and
it does pretty well.  I also use google calendar.

I don't know what other files you need to coordinate.

Wikis have a kind of version control.  Probably only works for text
files and you'd need to cut and paste.  I like PBWiki because they
keep improving it.

Of course you would miss out on the adventure of learning some
exciting new way to do the same old thing.  LOL

No, I don't work at google nor PBWiki.

Paul


On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Bill Ward <bill at wards.net> wrote:
> I have several laptops that I use (my own, issued by work, my wife's) plus
> my desktop Linux box.  On each one I have differing subsets of documents,
> hopefully not in different versions :) and no really consistent way of
> syncing them up or backing them up.
>
> I was thinking about setting up Subversion or GIT, and checking the files
> in/out of that.  I've never worked with either one, though I have a lot of
> experience with CVS and ClearCase.  So a few questions...
>
> 1. Would this be a good idea?  Should I use SVN or GIT or is there something
> else I should consider?
>
> 2. How would I need to organize my files to make this work?  For example I
> don't want to have a copy of everything on every machine - just the
> particular project that I need to work on at that moment in time.
>
> 3. Any other tips or ideas....?
>
> Another wrinkle: my work laptop spends most of its time behind a firewall
> that only allows outside access via HTTP proxy, and it runs Windows.
> Whatever solution I use needs to run on Windows and needs to have some way
> of tunneling across that proxy.  I could set up SSH port forwarding via
> SecureCRT but would prefer if it had native HTTP proxy support using its own
> SSH.  WinCVS does SSH but as far as I know not with HTTP Proxy.  What about
> SVN or GIT clients for Windows?
>
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