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minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoneeds more jpeg. but on a serious note, how do you version control an msoffice/libreoffice document? you can’t just put it in git, the repo will get huge quickly
minus-squareVictoria@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agodocx is just a zip of xml files. if you add some hooks to git, you could make it unzip it, commit the xml files, then when checking out rezip it into a docx automatically.
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agogit hooks! Totally forgot it, that sounds interesting
minus-squareStrawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI think libreoffice has an uncompressed format for version control if I remember correctly
needs more jpeg.
but on a serious note, how do you version control an msoffice/libreoffice document? you can’t just put it in git, the repo will get huge quickly
docx is just a zip of xml files. if you add some hooks to git, you could make it unzip it, commit the xml files, then when checking out rezip it into a docx automatically.
Thanks, I hate it
git hooks! Totally forgot it, that sounds interesting
I think libreoffice has an uncompressed format for version control if I remember correctly