Re: [Feature request] org-backup

[Dan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com>]

Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Dan,
>
> I don't think I understood -- AFAIK, git repos are per directory and I
> can't add something from another directory to it ?

Hi Marcelo,

Let's say the "base directory" of a git repo is the one in which you
issued "git init" and which contains a hidden ".git" subdirectory. You
can add files from anywhere in the directory tree rooted at the base
directory. In other words, if you make a git repo in your home directory

cd ~
git init

you can add files from any subdirectory of your home directory. Just an
idea.

Dan

>
> Symlinking could be a possibility, like keeping everything inside
> ~/org and symlink to another dirs.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marcelo.
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:38 AM, Dan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hi Dan!
>>>
>>> I already do this, but sometimes the files are spread around *many*
>>> directories. I.e, the model of having everything in a
>>> version-controlled directory is unpractical, so that's why I think it
>>> would be useful.
>>
>> A couple of possibilities:
>>
>> A git repo doesn't have to be limited to a single directory. You could
>> have a git repo in your home directory, and git add org files, wherever
>> they may be located using a command something like
>> find . -type f -name '*.org' -exec git add '{}' \;
>>
>> You could use symlinks where posible, so that your org files are all in
>> one directory, and project directories contain symlinks to those org
>> files.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>>
>>> Marcelo.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Dan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi list,
>>>>>
>>>>> Although I try to keep all my org files inside a ~/org directory, I
>>>>> often find myself creating org files outside of this directory
>>>>> context, for example, as a bucket for a new project I'm working on, to
>>>>> keep notes, todos, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> It'd be nice if we had a org-backup function that would fetch all
>>>>> files from the agenda + linked files and create a compressed backup of
>>>>> them. What do you think?
>>>>
>>>> Hi Marcelo,
>>>>
>>>> I think backing up text files is a job for other tools; not emacs. I'd
>>>> recommend using a version control tool such as git for this.
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Marcelo.
>>>>>
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