Hello all,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>perhaps this is a bit off-topic so please bear with me. Some regulars on this forum were instrumental in developing these thougths though which is what encouraed me to post here. &nbsp;</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I am a researcher doing some of my writing in Multimarkdown text files and put my work on a portable harddrive which I carry home after work, synchronize to my home computer and carry on working there. Ditto for the reverse.&nbsp;</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>After reading a series of inspiring articles about how to use subversion repositories for academic writers over on Practex journal I am beginning to think that I could make better use of my resources. Here is what I plan to do:</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Go to work, read, write, take notes etc. Some of this takes place in textfiles, some will reside XML files (Tinderbox), and some also in binary files at the end of the day. I have access to a server that I would like to push all my changes and new data to and then go home. From home, I would like to pull all changes to my home computer and carry on.&nbsp;</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>1) Will the version control systems compare whole lines or do some kind of document comparison trying to find identical blocks regardless of (soft) line breaks?&nbsp;</div><div>
<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>2) &nbsp;what I don&#39;t know is how well this system will work for binary files, e.g. Aperture libraries, Word files from colleagues etc. Ideally, I&#39;d like to just send the changed bits of files, not all files that have changed to save bandwith and time. If something went wrong I would want to go back in time.&nbsp;</div>
<div>I am working on a localized system (meaning non-US) in case that is presenting a problem.&nbsp;</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I am not afraid of the command line but I have no experience with version control whatsoever because I was left with the impression that it was of little use outside source code development. Although I do some reading about subversion, git, mercurial, bazaar etc I need some guidance if I am barking up the right tree in the first place.&nbsp;</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I would greatly appreaciate your thoughts</div><div>Prion</div>