Re: [lojban] Re: (to all coders) lojban organization on github

[Timo Paulssen <timonator@perpetuum-immobile.de>]

On 08/03/2010 06:43 PM, Lindar wrote:
> I'e heard much about git, but don't quite understand it. Could it be
> used for things besides selsampla? Could I potentially use it for
> scripting?

Git is completely content-type agnostic. It works best with plain text,
though, so if your files are in that format, great! I must warn you,
though: the last time I checked, windows software for git wasn't that
nice. (for mac, though, there's lots of cool stuff), so the barrier of
entry might be somewhat higher for windows users. Editing files that are
already there is possible directly in the github website, though, so
maybe it's not all that terrible? I encourage you to investigate, while
I try learning for my exam tomorrow ;)


> If that's the case, git may be a better place for future projects due
> to accessability and the way things can be edited/merged, plus it
> adds to your visibility factor.

It really depends. If you have plain text files, then yes, merging and
editing those with git (even directly on github) isn't very hard. Much
of that is due to the fact that you can easily review plain text diff
files. Diffing binary files (images? sounds/music?), not so much.


> Either way it sounds like a nifty idea for the lojbo sampla in the
> community.

That's what I thought ;)
  - Timo

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