[CALUG] Mercurial appropriate for Tomboy and documents?

[P Yasuda]

Thanks, all, for the responses.

Dave, the afaik Tomboy files are all XML text, so no problem there. Same for
ODF docs. The branch thing might be a problem for my resume scenario. I
don't think I want a ton of repositories; I'd rather have just one. But I
guess I'll have to try it and see.

Keith, I took a look at Bazaar. I didn't consider it because I thought it
was Linux only, and I had an unmentioned requirement to work in Mac, linux
and Windows. But it looks like an easier Mac install than Mercurial.

So despite telling myself to just pick one and get on with it, I think I may
try Bazaar on Mac and I've already added Mercurial to my Ubuntu laptop.

Thanks again,

py

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Jim Bauer <jfbauer at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 07/17/2010 09:59 AM, Dave Dodge wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:52:50PM -0400, P Yasuda wrote:
> >> I'm thinking of installing Mercurial distributed source control
> >> management tool. Would it work for my Tomboy notes directory?
> >
> > It should work for documentation, though it's best for diff/merge
> > purposes if the file format being managed is text-based.
>
> Don't know about Mercurial and binaries, but Git can be convinced to
> diff binary files in a way that you may find useful.  See the "Diffing
> Binary Files" section at http://progit.org/book/ch7-2.html
>
>
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