Re: working on cloud

[Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net>]

On 09/01/14 08:36, David Belohrad wrote:
> I was using before Dropbox for all sort of syncing, especially my org
> mode files, which change quite often. Dropbox is generally very fine (as
> well e.g. for sharing screenshots between windows and linux
> machines). At certain moment I started to have two issues with this:

I have had problems with Dropbox generating "Conflicting files". I think 
this is because some of my computers are only intermittently connected 
to Dropbox. Sorting this out can be very time consuming, especially if 
it happens inside a .git directory.

I have now gone down the git route for emacs init files and all my .org 
files. I keep a separate branch for each computer and do a git pull and 
git merge when I move to a different computer. This does have some 
disadvantages - you need to remember to commit and push your changes on 
each computer. However, sorting out mistakes is generally much easier.

Regarding your .emacs you can use elisp to distinguish various bits of 
your configuration on an OS and computer name basis. Have a look at 
http://sigquit.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/single-dot-emacs-file/ for a 
good guide.

Ian.