• Fig45. Instead of saving new files every day, I moved on to using version control software. These tools let writers create a descriptive log of each meaningful change in a file and store the additions and deletions along with that log message.

Workflow map showing a computer pointing toward a set of documents that say commit and then a document that says commit log. Behind it, the previous map is visible, 1.

From Writing Workflows: Beyond Word Processing by Tim Lockridge and Derek Van Ittersum

  • Instead of saving new files every day, I moved on to using version control software. These tools let writers create a descriptive log of each meaningful change in a file and stores the addititions and deletions along with that log message.
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