Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Version control made simple
There’s nothing worse than working on a document, and losing some wording because you deleted it and later decided that the wording was actually what you wanted. Software developers (and users of online tools like Writeboard) have a way around this problem. It’s called version control. Developers usually use tools like CVS and Subversion, but for many writers software like this is overkill. Plus, these types of applications can be difficult to use.
Lifehacker has a nice little tutorial on creating a simple version control system using a Windows batch file or two. It’s quick and a bit dirty, but it works. If you’re savvy enough, you can probably convert the batch files to UNIX/Linux shell scripts with a bit of fiddling.
Lifehacker has a nice little tutorial on creating a simple version control system using a Windows batch file or two. It’s quick and a bit dirty, but it works. If you’re savvy enough, you can probably convert the batch files to UNIX/Linux shell scripts with a bit of fiddling.
