Anyone use Git for writing projects?

1 pointsauctoritas3y ago5 comments

I'm in the early stages of a writing project and it just occurred to me to start using Git. Does anyone else do this? Seems like it would be a good way to track my progress. Are there any Git-for-writing tools out there?

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yourmatenate3y ago

I sync Obsidian with Git and use pandoc for book / ebook generation (or Foam with Visual Code might work too).

Scrivener can synchronise with Git too - albeit indirectly (it sync's with a folder & I use a simple script to keep it up to date)

If you need to organise research you can sync Wiki.js with Git.

However, Gitbook or mdBook might be easier to use for a single book project.

https://www.gitbook.com/

https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/

https://foambubble.github.io/foam/

https://js.wiki/

https://obsidian.md/

l5870uoo9y3y ago

This project might serve as inspiration: https://github.com/MostlyAdequate/mostly-adequate-guide

nafeen3y ago

This GitKon talk by Jessi Shakarian might help - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coEq9RXJ1E8

JoeyBananas3y ago

Yes, if only to prevent loss of data by accidentally deleting everything, hitting save and closing the program.

Shinmon3y ago

Markdown or LaTeX is awesome in combination with git. Even better, it's a (bad) frist backup solution.

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