From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
To: Rivka Pollack <Rivka_P1@verifone.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Using GIT with FrameMaker
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:33:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpq1vhtuj2p.fsf@bauges.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20100114T094846-797@post.gmane.org> (Rivka Pollack's message of "Thu\, 14 Jan 2010 08\:50\:49 +0000 \(UTC\)")
Rivka Pollack <Rivka_P1@verifone.com> writes:
> Hi,
> My Technical Documentation team has recently been informed that we are to be
> moving to GIT for our version control.
> We will be working in GIT GUI or GIT extensions.
> I see, however, that you cannot properly use the "diff" view properly with the
> FrameMaker files, but only, from what I can tell, .txt, and .html.
Not just .txt and .html. Anything that looks like text (i.e. anything
that can be opened in a text editor and looks good in it).
> Is there a good way to work with GIT from FrameMaker?
FrameMaker, I have no idea. But Git has two things that can help you:
* External diff engine: read about GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF in
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/v1.0.13/git-diff-files.html
and look for "Defining an external diff driver" in
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html
Roughly, if FrameMaker has a way to compare two documents, then Git
can call it automatically.
* Text Converters: Read the section "Performing text diffs of binary
files" in
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html
Roughly: if you have a way to display the content of your framemaker
files as text, then Git can call this, and then show a textual diff
of your document.
In this page http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/opendocument/ I explain
how to do that with OpenDocument files (OpenOffice & friends). If
FrameMaker provides the relevant tools, it shouldn't be hard to adapt.
--
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
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