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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by Fomite on Saturday November 03, 2018 @04:01AM (#18369209)
I'm excited if I can get my colleagues to use version control.
Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by gpm on Saturday November 03, 2018 @11:05AM (#18370527)
Do you think that they would use a VCS that was less invasive and more transparent to their workflow, like dropbox?

I'm thinking of making a VCS that simply runs in the background and

- Automatically records every file save (effectively a git commit without a message)

- Allows adding messages through tagging (like git tag)

- Handles 'branching' just by asking you make a copy of the directory with a different name, properly understands how to diff/merge/etc copied files/directories that have since diverged.

- Has built in support for large files

Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by Fomite on Saturday November 03, 2018 @06:13PM (#18372781)
Almost certainly, yes.
Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by thomasz on Saturday November 03, 2018 @09:10AM (#18370012)
Git is way more complicated than VMware.
Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by user5994461 on Saturday November 03, 2018 @10:16AM (#18370237)
Use SVN just like everybody else.