I just got done helping a friend recover some gimp project they messed up when I realized, if I had a similar problem while coding I'd just use git to revert my mistakes. If you use computers to create any kind of content then you have to have some sort of system for tracking your work and collaborating. So what kind of tools exist for writers, digital painters, photographers?
Ask HN: Non programming professionals, what do you use for version control
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Re: Ask HN: Non programming professionals, what do you use for version control
#2Git for writing, but then I’m a nerd even though I don’t code.
Re: Ask HN: Non programming professionals, what do you use for version control
#3A while back I started storing my important files on Dropbox. That at least lets you revert to earlier versions - though I'm not sure how granular it is. I'm sure you can do the same thing with many other cloud-based sites.
As an added check, at key moments in a project I'll just add (or increment) the number at the end of my filename, so I'm now working in a new file and can "revert" back to the earlier version just by changing files.
Re: Ask HN: Non programming professionals, what do you use for version control
#4A while back I started storing my important files on Dropbox. That at least lets you revert to earlier versions - though I'm not sure how granular it is. I'm sure you can do the same thing with many other cloud-based sites. As an added check, at key moments in a project I'll just add (or increment) the number at the end of my filename, so I'm now working in a new file and can "revert" back to the earlier version just…
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Re: Ask HN: Non programming professionals, what do you use for version control
#5Some of my friends use Time Machine for local files, or they use cloud software (e.g. Figma, Google Docs) that store version history by default.
Re: Ask HN: Non programming professionals, what do you use for version control
#6For text-only stuff -- programming and writing -- I find the simple, ancient, RCS program to be sufficient, and pretty doggone easy to learn/use.
Re: Ask HN: Non programming professionals, what do you use for version control
#7A while back I started storing my important files on Dropbox. That at least lets you revert to earlier versions - though I'm not sure how granular it is. I'm sure you can do the same thing with many other cloud-based sites. As an added check, at key moments in a project I'll just add (or increment) the number at the end of my filename, so I'm now working in a new file and can "revert" back to the earlier version just…
Yep. I like that approach for simple personal projects (the only kind I do). Sometimes I just append a date -- myHotNewIdea_9jul2022.txt
Same idea, though.
Re: Ask HN: Non programming professionals, what do you use for version control
#8ZFS snapshots every 15 minutes
Re: Ask HN: Non programming professionals, what do you use for version control
#9I would save a copy of my main excel spreadsheet with the date as the file name. Once a day. Not perfect but it worked.
Re: Ask HN: Non programming professionals, what do you use for version control
#10ZFS snapshots every 15 minutes
Oh, that's pretty extreme. May I ask what job you do and why you need such fine grained history?