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Questions tagged [git]

{git} is an extremely fast, efficient, distributed version control system ideal for the collaborative development of TeX documents. However, please consider that questions unrelated to the TeX use itself may be off-topic here.

Git is s a free and open source distributed version control system ideal for the collaborative development of software or TeX documents.

However, please consider that questions unrelated to the TeX use itself may be off-topic here. Questions concerning the usage of this VCS should be asked on StackOverflow.

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Setup: Versions of a draft and git

I'm using git to store my project files including the tex files. Now I'm thinking about starting to write up a first draft. What's a good project structure for combining latex and the git technology? For example, if I will have different versions of…
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How expensive is it to add pdfs in git?

I'm thinking to use git for my latex projects, and I'm wondering whether I should add the pdf output to the repositories, or leave it out. It would be sort of convenient to have it in there, but I'm worried that it would quickly use up lots of…
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How to write LaTeX on a static blog smoothly?

I want to write some of my notes in blog format. I want to use my own domain with an github.io-provided static website. I don't know whether I can setup Wordpress there, so Trevisan's latex2wp is maybe not the right choice. Also, Wordpress LaTeX is…
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Should one Share their Latex Documents on GitHub

I am not sure if this question exactly fits here, but this is the best to my judgement. I understand GitHub is mainly for posting hobby (or commercial) programming projects . I was wondering, does it make sense to share Latex related documents on…
Shamim Hafiz - MSFT
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Image files in git-repository

I write my PhD thesises in LaTeX. Now I try to use git to track my project. Can somebody advice me good workflow of this process? Is it good idea to track image files and resulting .pdf by git?
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Parse git commit date e.g. for datetime

I am working on a LaTeX document with LuaLaTeX and try to include git information in the document to make it easier to find the correct version once I stumble over a printed copy. With the help of some posts here, I was already able to get most of…
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