Take a look at "Why use version control systems for writing a paper" (http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/5277/ http://academia.stackexchange.com/questi

Take a look at "Why use version control systems for writing a paper" (http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/5277/ http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/5277/). When it comes to diffs for text, just add "--color-words": git diff HEAD~1 --color-words my_file.md But I agree with other stuff, that for non-techies Git + GitHub may be to hard to start.