From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Lundin Subject: Re: Request for suggestions: multiple revision control systems/repositories + org Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:35:59 -0500 Message-ID: <87k4j4h05s.fsf@fastmail.fm> References: <4D0E9F92.9020500@sift.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42991 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PUiiR-0007Tl-KB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:36:04 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PUiiQ-0000Bv-1w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:36:03 -0500 Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:57974) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PUiiP-0000Bq-Th for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:36:02 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4D0E9F92.9020500@sift.info> (Robert Goldman's message of "Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:13:06 -0600") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: rpgoldman@sift.info Cc: Org Mode Robert Goldman 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