Ah, yeah, subdirs. I had misunderstood you. Cheers,
Marcelo. On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Dan Davison <dandavis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celose...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi Dan, >> >> I don't think I understood -- AFAIK, git repos are per directory and I >> can't add something from another directory to it ? > > Hi Marcelo, > > Let's say the "base directory" of a git repo is the one in which you > issued "git init" and which contains a hidden ".git" subdirectory. You > can add files from anywhere in the directory tree rooted at the base > directory. In other words, if you make a git repo in your home directory > > cd ~ > git init > > you can add files from any subdirectory of your home directory. Just an > idea. > > Dan > >> >> Symlinking could be a possibility, like keeping everything inside >> ~/org and symlink to another dirs. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Marcelo. >> >> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:38 AM, Dan Davison <dandavis...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celose...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> Hi Dan! >>>> >>>> I already do this, but sometimes the files are spread around *many* >>>> directories. I.e, the model of having everything in a >>>> version-controlled directory is unpractical, so that's why I think it >>>> would be useful. >>> >>> A couple of possibilities: >>> >>> A git repo doesn't have to be limited to a single directory. You could >>> have a git repo in your home directory, and git add org files, wherever >>> they may be located using a command something like >>> find . -type f -name '*.org' -exec git add '{}' \; >>> >>> You could use symlinks where posible, so that your org files are all in >>> one directory, and project directories contain symlinks to those org >>> files. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>>> >>>> Marcelo. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Dan Davison <dandavis...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celose...@gmail.com> writes: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi list, >>>>>> >>>>>> Although I try to keep all my org files inside a ~/org directory, I >>>>>> often find myself creating org files outside of this directory >>>>>> context, for example, as a bucket for a new project I'm working on, to >>>>>> keep notes, todos, etc. >>>>>> >>>>>> It'd be nice if we had a org-backup function that would fetch all >>>>>> files from the agenda + linked files and create a compressed backup of >>>>>> them. What do you think? >>>>> >>>>> Hi Marcelo, >>>>> >>>>> I think backing up text files is a job for other tools; not emacs. I'd >>>>> recommend using a version control tool such as git for this. >>>>> >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Marcelo. >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >>>>>> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >>>>>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >>>>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >>>> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >>>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode