Does anybody use git or darcs for versioning anything other than source code?
Personally, I version resumes and job applications, pictures of myself for quick avatar uploading (this is not all that clever given the alternatives of flickr / picassa, it’s just something I fell into), and craigslist postings for private purposes such as room rentals.
I guess it gives me peace of mind to be able to go back to an earlier version of something I was working on, regardless of whether it’s in a computer language or a human language. Am I weird?
Hi!
Since appearing on the DVCS scene I use darcs for all my writings (latex, lyx, context, rst markup…) as well.
Sincerely,
Gour
Hey that’s awesome, glad I’m not the only one.
Do you keep everything in a world readabale repo or is most of your stuff under darcs for your eyes only?
I versioned my mostly non-code undergraduate thesis in darcs. Just one private repository, but it was really helpful and gave me serious peace of mind.
Yes, my entire “Documents” folder including all PDFs, reading, etc.., essentially all my work, is in git. I think the repo is about 4GB right now. I rent a VPS (it’s very cheap to get a big one these days) and host it there, and it allows me to synchronize stuff between e.g. home & school computers, netbook & main laptop, as well as giving the obvious versioning benefits.
I was wondering if anyone was doing this and found my way here. Very cool. Documents like a resume or a book seem to me a logical use of gits basics like versioning, branching, and merging.