Hi! I am using gitwatch[1] to auto-commit any changes to my org-mode files in a git repository.
Unfortunately, git does not handle diffs in a meaningful way. For example, when there are sub-hierarchies added or removed, it ends up with many diff-lines like the following: -***** NEXT test with DAVdroid +* Lesestoff [1/26] :2read: :PROPERTIES: -:CREATED: [2016-05-08 Sun 12:51] +:CREATED: [2012-04-17 Tue 10:39] +:ARCHIVE: %s_archive::* Lesestoff +:CATEGORY: reading :END: The two headings being compared by git are totally unrelated. Git did find a match for the :PROPERTIES: and :END: lines and therefore assumed that I modified the level five heading "NEXT test with DAVdroid" into the first level heading "Lesestoff", not recognizing that in fact, there were many org-mode lines moved to the archive file, resulting in many deleted lines instead of modified ones. The underlying issue is, to my understanding, that git does not know about Org-mode syntax elements. Git does not know that :PROPERTIES: and :END: lines should not be used to match similar lines. It does not know about headings, identifying CREATED time-stamps, and other things. I am not familiar with git other than from an end user point of view. But I do think that git can be taught here via some kind of extension so that meaningful changes are recognized and displayed. Is there somebody with the same issue and/or somebody with a better understanding how this issue can be addressed? Thanks! [1] https://github.com/nevik/gitwatch -- get mail|git|SVN|photos|postings|SMS|phonecalls|RSS|CSV|XML into Org-mode: > get Memacs from https://github.com/novoid/Memacs < Personal Information Management > http://Karl-Voit.at/tags/pim/ Emacs-related > http://Karl-Voit.at/tags/emacs/
