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The single, killer feature I'm looking for in a document management system (besides collaborative environment that we're used to from gdocs) is a way to stamp v

The single, killer feature I'm looking for in a document management system (besides collaborative environment that we're used to from gdocs) is a way to stamp versions and have those be reviewed independently, with git like diffs across them. Think gerrit for docs.

revskill 4y ago
Then a webui over git itself is better solution ?
- tremon 4y ago
  For official documents, you want more than just change tracking. You also want formal approvals and per-document versioning, and repository-wide tags and Acked-By: lines just don't cut it.
locustmostest 4y ago
Do you mean document control, or diff on text contents? For plain text, diff is do-able, but I don't know if comparing two PDFs can involve a detailed "diff" vs. a checksum, since the text could be the same but there's a change in layout, an image, etc.
- jve 4y ago
  Word/docx with SharePoint/OneDrive has pretty nice comparison feature https://www.officetooltips.com/word_365/tips/compare_two_documents_to_find_differences.html https://www.officetooltips.com/word_365/tips/compare_two_doc...
schmichael 4y ago
Google Docs actually has this and hides it behind terrible UI/UX. You can "Name this version" of a doc, and there's a separate page to view versions (from which you can name versions as well). The diffing isn't there, or at least not to the degree that code review tools offer. I'm not sure the feature has evolved in years either. Definitely feels like one of those things a Google engineer threw into production one day, and it's never been considered again.
Terretta 4y ago
Craft.do supports comments, versions, attribution of changes to authors, and rollback to prior versions. https://www.craft.do https://www.craft.do
marcruser 4y ago
One product I have come across that seems to do this well is Simul https://www.simuldocs.com/ https://www.simuldocs.com/

revskill 4y ago

Then a webui over git itself is better solution ?

tremon 4y ago
For official documents, you want more than just change tracking. You also want formal approvals and per-document versioning, and repository-wide tags and Acked-By: lines just don't cut it.

locustmostest 4y ago

Do you mean document control, or diff on text contents? For plain text, diff is do-able, but I don't know if comparing two PDFs can involve a detailed "diff" vs. a checksum, since the text could be the same but there's a change in layout, an image, etc.

jve 4y ago
Word/docx with SharePoint/OneDrive has pretty nice comparison feature https://www.officetooltips.com/word_365/tips/compare_two_documents_to_find_differences.html https://www.officetooltips.com/word_365/tips/compare_two_doc...

schmichael 4y ago

Google Docs actually has this and hides it behind terrible UI/UX. You can "Name this version" of a doc, and there's a separate page to view versions (from which you can name versions as well). The diffing isn't there, or at least not to the degree that code review tools offer. I'm not sure the feature has evolved in years either. Definitely feels like one of those things a Google engineer threw into production one day, and it's never been considered again.

Terretta 4y ago

Craft.do supports comments, versions, attribution of changes to authors, and rollback to prior versions. https://www.craft.do https://www.craft.do

marcruser 4y ago

One product I have come across that seems to do this well is Simul https://www.simuldocs.com/ https://www.simuldocs.com/