From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kyle Meyer Subject: Re: org files and projects nested git repositories Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:55:42 -0500 Message-ID: <87twmy78i9.fsf@kyleam.com> References: <87oad6ldqv.fsf@plantarum.ca> <8737ui8oq5.fsf@kyleam.com> <87bn96layw.fsf@plantarum.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55125) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEiOD-0001F3-6z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:55:58 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEiO8-0002Ww-3X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:55:57 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp0.int.icgroup.com ([208.72.237.35]:63310 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEiO7-0002Ws-Tu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:55:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87bn96layw.fsf@plantarum.ca> (Tyler Smith's message of "Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:38:47 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Tyler Smith Cc: orgmode list Tyler Smith writes: [...] > I have tried links, but in all my attempts the links break whenever the > source or the target is committed to version control. My understanding > that each new commit to a file effectively changes the inode, breaking > the link. Are you thinking of hard links rather than symbolic links? Symbolic links should play well with Git (ignoring Windows). The popular tool git-annex is even built around symbolic links. > In your use, are the targets and their links both under > version control? If so, obviously they aren't breaking, so I must be > doing something wrong when I try the same thing. Yes, the target is under version control in the project repo, and the agenda repo tracks a symbolic link to the target, so the content of that file is just a path to the target. -- Kyle