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From: Peter BARABAS <peter.barabas+orgmode@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Keeping your history for org files
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Rainer Stengele <rainer.stengele <at> diplan.de> writes:

Hello,


> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > * Creating commits automatically
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Then I added a cron job on my workstation which commits changes to the
> > repository automagically.  I decided commits once per hour is enough for
> > me so I added the following crontab entry:
> > 
> > $ crontab -e
> > 
> > ,----[ My crontab entry ]
> > | 0 * * * * cd ~/git/org && git add . && git commit -m "$(date)" >/dev/null
> > `----
> > 
> > and I'm done.  This picks up all my .org and .org_archive files and
> > tracks changes hourly.
> > 
> > If I change a file a new commit gets created on the next hour.  If
> > nothing changes no commit is created since there is nothing to add.
> > 

I'm using a similar setup, but with a hook:

(defun git-commit ()
  (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
    (shell-command "git commit -a -m 'Auto commit.'")))

(add-hook 'after-save-hook 'git-commit)

This way, after I save the file it gets commited.


Regards,
Peter BARABAS.