On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Pavel Sanda <sa...@lyx.org> wrote: > Guenter Milde wrote: > > > What about using a distributed version control system? I use Bazaar to > > > collaborate with one of my colleagues. We meed every so often to do a > > > double merge and it works really well. No central server is needed, > > > although if you have one available then you can use it like svn. > > > > I use Git to keep a local VC repository so I strongly favour the option > > to support distributed version control from LyX. > > are you aware of rcs? >
RCS is what I used for a long time before discovering the distributed version control systems. When using RCS you need either 1) a central server or 2) some system (like rsync) to keep two computers "on the same page" Distributed systems eliminate the need for a central server (although you can use one if available). They also **greatly** reduce the potential for accidental overwrites if you are trying to sync two computers. I used Bazaar because (at least at the time) git didn't play too well with windows and my collaborator was using Windows. I believe that Mercurial is as good, and probably git is too if the windows problem has been solved. I like Bazaar since it is written in Python and will run on a warm toaster if necessary - but no need to start a religious war here! Here is a link to the "workflow" of using a DVCS with two users (even if both of the users are yourself working on a different machine: http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/bzr.2.1/en/user-guide/index.html See, in particular, the "Working with peers" section. I think it's great for collaboration, even when the "collaboration" is with yourself. Cheers, Alan > pavel > > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206
