Are there other academics out there who don’t bother with the cumbersome manuscript-date-version-final-FINAL.doc saving of drafts? Don’t get me wrong, I used to do that. Then I realized that I never ever used or needed the old drafts. Never.pic.twitter.com/w5ohTNUFhm
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How do you make that work? I'm trying to set up an R project w/git version control for my dissertation and it'd be great to have my documents there too, but right now the repo is cloned to a folder on my lab computer since I hear git and Dropbox are not a good combo.
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(This is probably me not understanding git very well yet, but...) Is there a way to sync files in that repo to multiple locations so I can also access those files from my laptop without having to go to github and download/upload? i.e., similar-ish functionality to Dropbox.
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You can put a git repo on a synched (eg Dropbox) drive. git version tracking is all recorded in a hidden subdirectory of the repo, so it too will be synced.
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But you cannot work with another person EXCEPT REALLY CAREFULLY who also has the same dropbox folder and git repo as it will corrupt it. See:https://stackoverflow.com/a/32215708
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Yes, true. I use GitHub for collaboration and syncing for myself.
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Also to be 100% clear, the top comment there (which is accepted, has the tick) is showing how to use Dropbox itself as a git server.
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Thank you
@o_guest and@richarddmorey for clearing that up! Always feel kind of silly asking these seemingly basic questions but I always learn something so I appreciate your taking the time to point me in the right direction.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
Not silly at ALL! 
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