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I'm not sure that you even need full version control (as in, the bit where everyone involved uses the same system) — if you just have a good diff algorithm, tha

I'm not sure that you even need full version control (as in, the bit where everyone involved uses the same system) — if you just have a good diff algorithm, that would let you check what's changed since you last read the document. I've seen companies like https://draftable.com https://draftable.com providing exactly that (seemingly targeted at lawyers and people who do this all day) and it seems to work pretty well.

edanm 6y ago
Microsoft Word has a great diff - it's used all the time when drawing up contracts.
- Balgair 6y ago
  https://www.howtogeek.com/339166/how-to-use-microsoft-words-compare-feature/ https://www.howtogeek.com/339166/how-to-use-microsoft-words-... For those that would like to use the feature.