Re: working on cloud

[Paul Rudin <paul-sqPYmOVXOov10XsdtD+oqA@public.gmane.org>]

David Belohrad <david-rZamiVn3bvgfv37vnLkPlQ@public.gmane.org> writes:

> I use for all emacs files git with server repository. Then on each
> computer I'm using emacs with, I just clone that repository. The
> positive side-effect of this is, that when you need to modify sources
> for a particular computer, you just create new local branch. Then all
> 'common' init file tweaks can be done in master branch and it is very
> easy to merge them into local one if needed....

Yes, I have done that sort of thing in the past, but I find the need to
check stuff in and push/pull and merge unnecessary overheads for this
kind of thing. Just leaving the file on Dropbox (or whatever) means that
things are synced automagically when edited which, nearly all the time,
is what I want. Dropbox keeps a limited revision history for the free
version (which I use) or you can pay and get an unlimited revision
history. Of course that's not as useful as using git in terms of merging
and so on, but it does provide some protection against erroneous
changes.


For added fun keep the git (or whatever) repository on a Dropbox folder
- this means that you get the automatic updating for things in progress,
but you can also use the proper version control features too.