From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Robert P. Goldman" Subject: Re: Request for suggestions: multiple revision control systems/repositories + org Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:46:30 -0600 Message-ID: <1fad2a0e-2a3a-4f35-a019-42a1adea0454@email.android.com> References: <4D0E9F92.9020500@sift.info> <87mxo1ciyv.fsf@norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=41900 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PUWhc-0006Fv-KB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:46:25 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PUWha-0006Ei-9v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:46:24 -0500 Received: from mpls.sift.info ([75.146.46.193]:44416) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PUWha-0006Ec-4f for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:46:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87mxo1ciyv.fsf@norang.ca> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bernt Hansen Cc: Org Mode That is what I had done originally, but I thought mobile org required tha= t all the org files be in the same directory. Was I wrong about that? Thanks, R "Bernt Hansen" wrote: >Robert Goldman writes: > >> I am looking for hints. I have a number of org files, typically one >for >> each major project plus two or three for my personal life. >> >> These must often live in different revision control systems: my work >> projects, in particular, have different repositories; I have a main >set >> of org files for work in ~/org/, tracked by my employers' svn; >> occasionally, I do something outside, like work on a paper with >someone >> outside my company in a dedicated git repo; and I'd like to stuff my >> personal materials off in a git repo of my own. >> >> I have been pulling all of these together into my ~/org directory, >using >> symbolic links, for the benefit of mobile org. That is, my ~/org >> directory has my main work org files, plus links to a bunch of >others. >> >> That works well for syncing with mobile org. Unfortunately, it's a >mess >> for Emacs's version control mode. VC mode sees the .svn directory in >> that place, and can handle the local files, but gets horribly >confused >> by the sym-linked files. >> >> Anyone have a similar need to gather together a mess of org files, >and >> have a cleaner solution? >> >> Extra credit if you have a way of creating the same set of symlinks >on >> more than one machine! ;-) > >How about keeping the separate projects in separate repositories and >just add the files from those multiple projects to your >org-agenda-files >variable? > >Then you see a consolidated view of multiple org projects (and the >files >that contribute to that view can be individually set per machine - you >don't need all projects for all machines - but any repositories that >are >available can contribute to your agenda. > >Each of the projects are completely independent and don't need to know >about each other - just the org-agenda-files variable pulls them into >your agenda view. > >Regards, >Bernt --=20 Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.