Re: Subversion for graduation thesis / documents

Hello Maik!

On Tuesday May 30 2006 15:24, OnlineGuy@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I will start to write my graduation thesis very soon, most probably I'll
> have to write it at home and at my own laptop. I was thinking about
> Subversion as a tool to keep both versions consistent, I do know that a
> version control can't highlight changes in pictures or binary documents and
> that kind of stuff, I'm more interested in administrating file versions.
>
> Has anyone ever done so? I'd like to know if this is practical and secure
> regarding data loss (because of possible Subversion bugs, data will be
> backed up via USB stick anyway). Files to be administrated will be mostly
> pictures, OpenOffice documents and maybe some presentations.

This is how you normally do it. I work at Bamberg University and keep *all* my
professional and private documents (lecture notes, slides, diploma thesis,
dissertation, scientific papers, source code, you name it) in subversion. It
is easy, fast, reliable, and secure (if setup via svn+ssh and private keys or
using a SSL-enabled web server).

HTH
Martin Eisenhardt

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Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
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