Perhaps the large git diff is due to git treating the .bib as binary? I don't see much benefit in my workflow for using git on bib desk, so I am not sure if it does this or not, but for small changes in Java apps I write, the git diff can be huge on .jar files
-- Mark Brown Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) On Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > > On Nov 19, 2015, at 17:59, Maxwell, Adam R <adam.maxw...@pnnl.gov > > (mailto:adam.maxw...@pnnl.gov)> wrote: > > > > > On Nov 19, 2015, at 02:44, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com > > > (mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > > > > > For now this is just for testing purposes. I am not sure what to do with > > > this, whether to advertise this on the Wiki, integrate this as an actual > > > pref (that could be dangerous), or remove it later. > > > > Just spitballing, but the only safe way I see to make it an actual pref is > > by adding a new field type (like Bdsk-Path-n) and doing a conversion > > process when opening and saving. > > > > -- > > Adam > > Why? I don’t get that. The data would be forward compatible, and also be > compatible between the situation with or without the option. The data will be > of the same format, it’s just how many versions of the file will be saved in > the dictionary. So the relative path would always be saved, while the alias > will only be saved when the option is not set. If you’d think saving just the > relative path is too fragile, than adding a new field type would not solve > anything, because that would be the exact same. BTW, the only reason this > would not be backward compatible is because the data without alias was > explicitly rejected previously, not because the code could not have handled > it. > > Christiaan > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > >
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