Git for non-program text files
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I have been using the Git [1] for  7 years. At the beginning I used the
GitHub [2]  but as some moment  I decided to  use the S.D.F. [3]  as my
primary git repository.

I don't  comment my abandonment  of the GitHub too  much but it  has no
relation to the fact that it's a Microsoft [3] service. My decision was
done well before it was known that Microsoft is buying the GitHub.

In short, I have  been using the S.D.F.'s git for some  time. I have my
programs here and my books and textbooks LaTeX sources, too.

I  also often  work  with finite  element  method [5].  I  have my  own
software for  that (I work at  the Faculty of Civil  Engineering, after
all). My software can be used  interactively, of course but for many of
research  problems  it  makes  sense  to write  inputs  in  bath  mode.
Something like this:

---------------------------------------------------------------------
# third wall (top)
edef,1,1,1
gesize,brick,3,0,2,0,4,1,0.4
gediv,3,X2_DIV,Y2_DIV,Z_DIV

mesh
---------------------------------------------------------------------

The batch  files are  just normal  text files  with commands,  They are
usually created  it a way which  is similar to program  development. It
often makes sense to store older versions and so.


SO WHY I DID NOT USED THE GIT FOR THEM BEFORE?


Now this issues is fixed. At least for some of the latest projects. And
I'm going to search my archives for  older files which may be useful in
the future.


References:
[1] https://git-scm.com
[2] https://github.com
[3] http://mx.sdf.org
[4] https://microsoft.com
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_element_method