Re: Favorite way of syncing?

[torys.anderson@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson)]

At the moment I'm using a self-hosted OwnCloud to do syncing; it's 
super easy (takes care of itself), but sometimes conflicts are a 
problem (particularly when I forget to save my buffers before 
leaving work); if you notice it, though, it provides a conflict 
version (and has automatic versioning a la Dropbox). 

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> jorge.alfaro-murillo@yale.edu (Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo) writes:
>
>> Tobias Frischholz writes:
>>
>>> I was wondering what is your favorite way of syncing your org 
>>> files
>>> and everything. 
>> [...] 
>>> I’ve also read about org-sync and magit (git is an option for 
>>> me).
>>> And now I’m starting the get confused.
>>
>> magit is just the emacs mode for git, if you don't have it and 
>> use git
>> you should really install it. But it does not sync anything you 
>> still
>> have to M-x magit <enter> F F and M-x magit <enter> P P, for 
>> pull and
>> push.
>>
>> I have several computers and synchronize my org files with 
>> git. I
>> think it is the best option because I do not have to worry 
>> about the
>> sync not working (for example when I do not have a connection) 
>> and
>> conflicts in the files.
>
> I do this, too. I don't think Magit helps much, in fact I'd be 
> better
> off writing functions for `emacs-startup-hook' and 
> `kill-emacs-hook'
> that do my pushes and pulls for me.
>
> But for now, I just try to remember to commit and push before I 
> leave a
> machine.
>
> This way, you also really learn to appreciate using "git fetch" 
> and "git
> status", rather than doing a blind "git pull".
>
> Eric
>
>
>

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