• toynbee@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I used to have this problem, but now I go with one of two solutions:

    • filename-$(date +%F) (or similar)
      • example: notes-2024-12-14.txt
      • can be expanded to include further time details if more than one iteration per day is released
    • filename-Mk#
      • example: product-design-MkII (Or Mk2 if you prefer)
      • pretty much infinitely expandable and you always know which is latest
    • e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de
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      5 days ago

      You know how to script and what a symlink is; why aren’t you using git or any other kind of version control instead?

      • toynbee@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        Because I formed these habits in the nineties and 00’s, well before git was a thing; and because nothing I write matters, other than possibly to my employers, in which case I do use (primarily) git … Or other version control. (Believe it or not, I’ve used subversion.)

        Most of the documents to which I apply this are things like my resume and DNS server. No one but me will ever care.

        Also, I like you both for asking this question and for how you put it.