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Version control. If I add an ASCII art diagram to a text document, I can git diff it, and see that the ASCII art diagram was added. If my documentation is is in
by quanticle 11y ago
Version control. If I add an ASCII art diagram to a text document, I can git diff it, and see that the ASCII art diagram was added. If my documentation is is in PDF, I can keep it in version control, but I lose a lot of the advantages that version control provides because PDF is a binary format.
- revelation 11y agoWhat diagram tool uses PDFs? PDFs are a build artifact like any other binary.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoBut if you create the pdf using a script (e.g. latex tikz) then this is in your version control instead.
- nathancahill 11y agoYes, once we have more intelligent diffs. Line by line isn't enough anymore.