Re: Sync org-mode files in different computers

From: flaviostz@gmail.com (Flávio de Souza)
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Sync org-mode files in different computers
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:16:06 -0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hc72u9tl.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 48FEF7BE.5050209@manor-farm.org

Ian Barton <lists@manor-farm.org> writes:

>>
>>> Hi, I am a new emacs user and I am exploring org-mode which is really amazing.
>>>
>>> I would like to know how I sync org-mode files in different
>>> computer over local network and over the internet.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I personally use git to sync my org-mode files but there are lots of
>> tools available to sync files across multiple machines.
>>
>> Some options are:
>>
>>   - put your org-mode files in a source control system (git, svn,
>>     whatever system you are used to) and check out the files on all your
>>     target systems
>>
> I use bzr (another vcs). My system is to place my org files on a
> server at home and mount the org directory as an nfs share on my local
> computers. Thus when I am at home I can access org files from any
> computer on my home network, or just run emacs on the server.
>
>
> Every evening a cron job automatically commits any changes to my
> server's bzr repo and at the same time pushes the updates to an
> external web server.
>
> On my notebook I have a local bzr branch of my org files. This covers
> most bases when I am away:
>
> If I remember before I go out, I can pull the latest changes from my
> home server to my notebook and just carry on working. If I forget to
> pull my changes I can pull all changes up to last evening's commit
> from the Internet.
>
> If all the above fails, I can just work on the branch I have on my
> notebook. This isn't usually more than a couple of days old. When I
> get to somewhere with an Internet connection I can use bzr to merge
> the changes on my notebook to the latest version.
>
> It also means that I have at least three copies of my org files in
> different places, so disk failures, etc won't result in much, or any,
> lost work.
>
> Ian.
>
>
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Thanks for sharing your system, right now I am trying git and 
making a similar system.

-- 
Flávio de Souza