On 09/12/2022 18:50, Uwe Brauer wrote: >> The `.git` folder for the users local repo is stored with the project >> directory anyway, so the restrictions on project access should be the same. > Well that will be another problem. > > The chances that the students will use the command line is close to > zero, so I asked the system administrators to install sourcetree a > hg/git gui. That might allow something of what you propose but I think I > feel a bit uncomfortable > So where is the project folder that contains the student's '*.m' files? For that 'folder' is where Git Gui, or SourceTree or Git Extensions will store/access the local repository (i.e. `.git` folder)
When I was doing my Matlab work developing electro-optic products I was just using the Git Gui and (IIRC) Tortoise Git. The great thing was I could save (to Git) snippets (hunks) of my code out of sequence and have instant replay of those bits of quick trial code that would recreate figures and tables that became useful in retrospect. Sort of a 'commit a minute' speed. Git isn't designed to work with these cloud storage apps such as the good old DropBox, or GoogleDocs because they argue about their mental (algorithm) model of 'synchronisation' One is file level, the other is directory level. Philip PS. Students have always been 'dumb' - I was one once ;-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/git-users/6671f0cc-a6e0-42e4-8182-d71cb589e642%40iee.email.
