* Request for suggestions: multiple revision control systems/repositories + org
@ 2010-12-20 0:13 Robert Goldman
2010-12-20 0:31 ` suvayu ali
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Robert Goldman @ 2010-12-20 0:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Org Mode
I am looking for hints. I have a number of org files, typically one for
each major project plus two or three for my personal life.
These must often live in different revision control systems: my work
projects, in particular, have different repositories; I have a main set
of org files for work in ~/org/, tracked by my employers' svn;
occasionally, I do something outside, like work on a paper with someone
outside my company in a dedicated git repo; and I'd like to stuff my
personal materials off in a git repo of my own.
I have been pulling all of these together into my ~/org directory, using
symbolic links, for the benefit of mobile org. That is, my ~/org
directory has my main work org files, plus links to a bunch of others.
That works well for syncing with mobile org. Unfortunately, it's a mess
for Emacs's version control mode. VC mode sees the .svn directory in
that place, and can handle the local files, but gets horribly confused
by the sym-linked files.
Anyone have a similar need to gather together a mess of org files, and
have a cleaner solution?
Extra credit if you have a way of creating the same set of symlinks on
more than one machine! ;-)
Thanks to all,
Robert
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2010-12-20 0:13 Request for suggestions: multiple revision control systems/repositories + org Robert Goldman
@ 2010-12-20 0:31 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-20 1:48 ` Bernt Hansen
2010-12-20 16:35 ` Matt Lundin
2 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: suvayu ali @ 2010-12-20 0:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rpgoldman; +Cc: Org Mode
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info> wrote:
> Anyone have a similar need to gather together a mess of org files, and
> have a cleaner solution?
>
> Extra credit if you have a way of creating the same set of symlinks on
> more than one machine! ;-)
>
Why not just use subdirectories?
org $ tree -L 1 -d
.
|-- css
|-- data
|-- eg
|-- gibberish
|-- html
|-- images
|-- khorcha
|-- ltxpng
|-- masters-thesis
|-- not-physics
|-- projects
|-- Worg
`-- Wprime
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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* Re: Request for suggestions: multiple revision control systems/repositories + org
2010-12-20 0:13 Request for suggestions: multiple revision control systems/repositories + org Robert Goldman
2010-12-20 0:31 ` suvayu ali
@ 2010-12-20 1:48 ` Bernt Hansen
2010-12-20 3:46 ` Robert P. Goldman
2010-12-20 16:35 ` Matt Lundin
2 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Bernt Hansen @ 2010-12-20 1:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rpgoldman; +Cc: Org Mode
Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info> writes:
> I am looking for hints. I have a number of org files, typically one for
> each major project plus two or three for my personal life.
>
> These must often live in different revision control systems: my work
> projects, in particular, have different repositories; I have a main set
> of org files for work in ~/org/, tracked by my employers' svn;
> occasionally, I do something outside, like work on a paper with someone
> outside my company in a dedicated git repo; and I'd like to stuff my
> personal materials off in a git repo of my own.
>
> I have been pulling all of these together into my ~/org directory, using
> symbolic links, for the benefit of mobile org. That is, my ~/org
> directory has my main work org files, plus links to a bunch of others.
>
> That works well for syncing with mobile org. Unfortunately, it's a mess
> for Emacs's version control mode. VC mode sees the .svn directory in
> that place, and can handle the local files, but gets horribly confused
> by the sym-linked files.
>
> Anyone have a similar need to gather together a mess of org files, and
> have a cleaner solution?
>
> Extra credit if you have a way of creating the same set of symlinks on
> more than one machine! ;-)
How about keeping the separate projects in separate repositories and
just add the files from those multiple projects to your org-agenda-files
variable?
Then you see a consolidated view of multiple org projects (and the files
that contribute to that view can be individually set per machine - you
don't need all projects for all machines - but any repositories that are
available can contribute to your agenda.
Each of the projects are completely independent and don't need to know
about each other - just the org-agenda-files variable pulls them into
your agenda view.
Regards,
Bernt
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* Re: Request for suggestions: multiple revision control systems/repositories + org
2010-12-20 1:48 ` Bernt Hansen
@ 2010-12-20 3:46 ` Robert P. Goldman
2010-12-20 4:25 ` Bernt Hansen
2010-12-20 7:03 ` Rémi Vanicat
0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Robert P. Goldman @ 2010-12-20 3:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bernt Hansen; +Cc: Org Mode
That is what I had done originally, but I thought mobile org required that all the org files be in the same directory. Was I wrong about that?
Thanks,
R
"Bernt Hansen" <bernt@norang.ca> wrote:
>Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info> writes:
>
>> I am looking for hints. I have a number of org files, typically one
>for
>> each major project plus two or three for my personal life.
>>
>> These must often live in different revision control systems: my work
>> projects, in particular, have different repositories; I have a main
>set
>> of org files for work in ~/org/, tracked by my employers' svn;
>> occasionally, I do something outside, like work on a paper with
>someone
>> outside my company in a dedicated git repo; and I'd like to stuff my
>> personal materials off in a git repo of my own.
>>
>> I have been pulling all of these together into my ~/org directory,
>using
>> symbolic links, for the benefit of mobile org. That is, my ~/org
>> directory has my main work org files, plus links to a bunch of
>others.
>>
>> That works well for syncing with mobile org. Unfortunately, it's a
>mess
>> for Emacs's version control mode. VC mode sees the .svn directory in
>> that place, and can handle the local files, but gets horribly
>confused
>> by the sym-linked files.
>>
>> Anyone have a similar need to gather together a mess of org files,
>and
>> have a cleaner solution?
>>
>> Extra credit if you have a way of creating the same set of symlinks
>on
>> more than one machine! ;-)
>
>How about keeping the separate projects in separate repositories and
>just add the files from those multiple projects to your
>org-agenda-files
>variable?
>
>Then you see a consolidated view of multiple org projects (and the
>files
>that contribute to that view can be individually set per machine - you
>don't need all projects for all machines - but any repositories that
>are
>available can contribute to your agenda.
>
>Each of the projects are completely independent and don't need to know
>about each other - just the org-agenda-files variable pulls them into
>your agenda view.
>
>Regards,
>Bernt
--
Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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* Re: Request for suggestions: multiple revision control systems/repositories + org
2010-12-20 3:46 ` Robert P. Goldman
@ 2010-12-20 4:25 ` Bernt Hansen
2010-12-20 7:03 ` Rémi Vanicat
1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Bernt Hansen @ 2010-12-20 4:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robert P. Goldman; +Cc: Org Mode
"Robert P. Goldman" <rpgoldman@sift.info> writes:
> That is what I had done originally, but I thought mobile org required that all the org files be in the same directory. Was I wrong about that?
>
> Thanks,
> R
I'm not sure. I don't currently use mobile org at all.
Regards,
Bernt
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* Re: Request for suggestions: multiple revision control systems/repositories + org
2010-12-20 3:46 ` Robert P. Goldman
2010-12-20 4:25 ` Bernt Hansen
@ 2010-12-20 7:03 ` Rémi Vanicat
2010-12-20 14:46 ` Robert Goldman
1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Rémi Vanicat @ 2010-12-20 7:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
"Robert P. Goldman" <rpgoldman@sift.info> writes:
> That is what I had done originally, but I thought mobile org required that all the org files be in the same directory. Was I wrong about that?
>
I've org files in several directories, and in `org-agenda-files’, and
with a relatively recent org-mode files org-mobile just work. It is
`org-mobile-push’ and `org-mobile-pull’ that put a copy of all this in
`org-mobile-directory’.
--
Rémi Vanicat
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* Re: Request for suggestions: multiple revision control systems/repositories + org
2010-12-20 7:03 ` Rémi Vanicat
@ 2010-12-20 14:46 ` Robert Goldman
0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Robert Goldman @ 2010-12-20 14:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rémi Vanicat; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
On 12/20/10 Dec 20 -1:03 AM, Rémi Vanicat wrote:
> "Robert P. Goldman" <rpgoldman@sift.info> writes:
>
>> That is what I had done originally, but I thought mobile org required that all the org files be in the same directory. Was I wrong about that?
>>
>
> I've org files in several directories, and in `org-agenda-files’, and
> with a relatively recent org-mode files org-mobile just work. It is
> `org-mobile-push’ and `org-mobile-pull’ that put a copy of all this in
> `org-mobile-directory’.
>
Thanks. I did what I should have before and read org-mobile-push, and
it seems clear that the org-directory variable just /allows/ me to have
relative path names. It doesn't /require/ me to have all the org files
located in that directory, as long as I use absolute file names.
This will make things much easier to deal with between org-mode and vc-mode.
Thanks, everyone.
best,
r
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* Re: Request for suggestions: multiple revision control systems/repositories + org
2010-12-20 0:13 Request for suggestions: multiple revision control systems/repositories + org Robert Goldman
2010-12-20 0:31 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-20 1:48 ` Bernt Hansen
@ 2010-12-20 16:35 ` Matt Lundin
2 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Matt Lundin @ 2010-12-20 16:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rpgoldman; +Cc: Org Mode
Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info> writes:
> I am looking for hints. I have a number of org files, typically one for
> each major project plus two or three for my personal life.
>
> These must often live in different revision control systems: my work
> projects, in particular, have different repositories; I have a main set
> of org files for work in ~/org/, tracked by my employers' svn;
> occasionally, I do something outside, like work on a paper with someone
> outside my company in a dedicated git repo; and I'd like to stuff my
> personal materials off in a git repo of my own.
>
> I have been pulling all of these together into my ~/org directory, using
> symbolic links, for the benefit of mobile org. That is, my ~/org
> directory has my main work org files, plus links to a bunch of others.
>
> That works well for syncing with mobile org. Unfortunately, it's a mess
> for Emacs's version control mode. VC mode sees the .svn directory in
> that place, and can handle the local files, but gets horribly confused
> by the sym-linked files.
In my experience, VC mode has a lot of issues with symlinks. I solved
these with the following:
(setq find-file-visit-truename t)
> Extra credit if you have a way of creating the same set of symlinks on
> more than one machine! ;-)
I use relative symlinks. Then I simply ensure that all repositories have
the same directory structure relative to ~/ on each machine.
Best,
Matt
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