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I'm probably not the only person on here who keeps any notes and planning documents for projects under version control. I also regularly import research notes i

by olefoo 17y ago

I'm probably not the only person on here who keeps any notes and planning documents for projects under version control. I also regularly import research notes into comments before I write the code in question, but I'm weird and I've been told I do too much design up front.

flooha 17y ago
No, you're not alone. I keep all my docs under version control and it has saved me more than once.
ErrantX 17y ago
One interesting feature Google code has implemented is placing notes about the code in the web view of the repository. I'd love to see this feature reach other SCM providersm, it's something i would use a lot.
keefe 17y ago
I'm firmly of the opinion that only 10% of writing software is typing code. I have all my text documents in git, experimental ideas, budget plans, everything. The only complaint I have is that I haven't figure a solid plan for doing encryption inside version control effectively yet, but I haven't tried too hard either.
- olefoo 17y ago
  Whole volume encryption works, although it can be a bit cumbersome.
  - keefe 17y ago
    How is the performance? I have no experience with whole volume encryption, do you have any useful links?
    - olefoo 17y ago
      There are actually several ways to do this I use encfs which uses FUSE to mount an encrypted directory as another directory, the advantages are that it works in userland and it's braindead simple. I wouldn't want to run a database off of it, but for a bunch of text files it's perfectly adequate. A lot of people are fans of truecrypt and if you are seriously concerned about devoted efforts to get at high-value data you probably want to just encrypt the disk partition you are using. This post http://www.debianadmin.com/filesystem-encryption-tools-for-linux.html http://www.debianadmin.com/filesystem-encryption-tools-for-l... has a fairly good introduction to the most popular flavours. It's going to vary depending on your needs.
      - keefe 17y ago
        Thanks for the article, there is lots of great info on there. I need to figure something out where I can make secure backups to some remote server. I guess there is no real perfect solution, but TrueCrypt looks good. I ran across this one talking about some deeper security constraints with this that I think offers a nice insight. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/07/truecrypts_deni.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/07/truecrypts_den...

by olefoo 17y ago

flooha 17y ago

No, you're not alone. I keep all my docs under version control and it has saved me more than once.

ErrantX 17y ago

One interesting feature Google code has implemented is placing notes about the code in the web view of the repository. I'd love to see this feature reach other SCM providersm, it's something i would use a lot.

keefe 17y ago

I'm firmly of the opinion that only 10% of writing software is typing code. I have all my text documents in git, experimental ideas, budget plans, everything. The only complaint I have is that I haven't figure a solid plan for doing encryption inside version control effectively yet, but I haven't tried too hard either.

olefoo 17y ago
Whole volume encryption works, although it can be a bit cumbersome.
- keefe 17y ago
  How is the performance? I have no experience with whole volume encryption, do you have any useful links?
  - olefoo 17y ago
    There are actually several ways to do this I use encfs which uses FUSE to mount an encrypted directory as another directory, the advantages are that it works in userland and it's braindead simple. I wouldn't want to run a database off of it, but for a bunch of text files it's perfectly adequate. A lot of people are fans of truecrypt and if you are seriously concerned about devoted efforts to get at high-value data you probably want to just encrypt the disk partition you are using. This post http://www.debianadmin.com/filesystem-encryption-tools-for-linux.html http://www.debianadmin.com/filesystem-encryption-tools-for-l... has a fairly good introduction to the most popular flavours. It's going to vary depending on your needs.
    - keefe 17y ago
      Thanks for the article, there is lots of great info on there. I need to figure something out where I can make secure backups to some remote server. I guess there is no real perfect solution, but TrueCrypt looks good. I ran across this one talking about some deeper security constraints with this that I think offers a nice insight. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/07/truecrypts_deni.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/07/truecrypts_den...