"'Christopher W. Ryan' via Git for human beings"
<git-users@googlegroups.com> writes:
Hello. I'm still just a novice with git. I have a private,
one-person account on Atlassian's Bitbucket. I use it to manage
academic writing (usually LaTeX source files.) My usual workflow
is to write a manuscript, then revise revise revise, and
eventually get it into acceptable shape. I commit along the way
in that process.
Eventually I have it pretty much how I like it. But it still
needs little tweaks to suit particular journals. I'd like to
preserve what might be called the "core" version, and then spin
off versions customized for submission to different journals.
Journals often reject submissions, of course, so I need to spin
off from the core a customized version for Journal A, then
perhaps later spin off from "core" a customized version for
Journal B, and then again for Journal C, and so on.
I have some experience with branching, where I make substantial
revisions. But eventually I usually merge the changes back into
master. Here I would not--I don't expect I'd ever merge the
Journal A version back into the "core," nor into any other
journal-customized version.
What would be the best approach to this?
I have no experience with forking but am willing to learn.
For this use case I wouldn't bother with branches. Once you've
arrived at a core version, then I'd suggest you simply create a
folder for each customised version, copy the core in and then
customise as needed.
/M
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