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Questions tagged [versioning]

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Automatic versioning upon file change (modify/create/delete)

I am looking for an implementation (on Linux) of a mechanism which would automatically and transparently version any changes in a directory (recursively). This is intended to be an addition (possibly replacement if all the requested features are…
WoJ
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Does Word 2013 have version control?

In Word 1997 to 2007, there was a feature that saved document versions. Word 2010 does not have this feature. Did Word 2013 restore it?
KathCK
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How do I delete text that has Track Changes comments without deleting the comments?

In Microsoft Word 2013, we are using Track Changes to add comments to the document, and then marking each comment as resolved once it is addressed. However, when the required action is to delete some text and the comment was made on that text, the…
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Distinction between a/b versions of Matlab?

So I am relatively new to Matlab and was wondering what the distinction is between the a and b versions of Matlab in the past few years? Are the "b" versions incremental updates? Or the same software with additional features? What about the latest…
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Is there any simple text file format that supports versioning?

I'm looking for something that has the following features: Single file that has all versioning information stored in it (I believe Microsoft Word has a feature similar to this). I only need it for plain text (as opposed to rich text/binary…
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Is there a distro with the official packages?

Every distribution of Linux I find has its own version for everything (specially Firefox). Is there a distro with the original packages, updated when Firefox (or any other) make a release, and not when that release gets to the…
eloyesp
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Versioning files in Windows XP

I would like to set up an archive folder in Windows XP that would allow me to drop several different versions of the same file, and have it store each version. I would envision this to work similar to the recycle bin, where you can drop the same…
Mike Cole
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What comes after the underscore in an RPM version string?

I'm getting dependency conflicts when trying to run a simple yum update. I notice that in some cases, it's looking for a package called foo w.x-y.z.el6 while the repo only has foo w.x-y.z.el6_a.b, where a.b is something like "2.1" or "2.9". The…
Coderer
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Teamdrive/Tonido/Syncplicity-like Servers? (like Dropbox)

I've been looking around for dropbox-like server products and so far have found this three: http://www.tonido.com (free, no limits) http://www.teamdrive.com (free, limited) http://www.syncplicity.com (free, limited) and this how-to, on how to…
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How hard is it to set up a versioning file system, like NetApp's "snaptshots"?

In the university, I really liked it that each directory had a sub-directory named .snapshot that I could use to restore previous versions of my files. The .snapshot directory had subdirectories named hourly.1, hourly.2, daily.1, daily.2, weekly.1,…
Shalom Craimer
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Batch - How to differ between Windows 10 and Windows 11 in future versions

In the past i was using the major/minor number received from the ver tool in case i need to execute OS specific commands. With the release of Windows 11 it looks like this wouldn't work anymore (at least for now). At the moment i don't check for the…
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what do the numbers in VERSIONs mean?

I mean for example if a software has this number in its version 13.0.5 and another version has 13.0.5.1 or something like that what is that zero for?what does this zero show? Is there a rule for these numbers?
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How does RPM determine newer package

I have taken the Apache httpd 2.2.3 SRPM and extracted the .spec file. From this I've replaced 2.2.3 with 2.2.14 and removed the Serial tag from the specfile (as rpmbuild complained about the Serial tag - I presume this has been deprecated).…
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Git Extensions shows results that don't match search filters as well as results that match

Git extensions when searching using different filters (for example, commit message) will show results with commit messages that don't contain my search string. This is really annoying is there any way to prevent this? Command line git filtering…
Coder
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Restore to a previous backup point with Windows 7 backup

I wonder if it is possible to restore previous versions of files or system states with Windows 7 backup. Let's assume a backup has been set with default settings. It runs every Sunday at 19:00. Is it possible with this backup to restore to a backup…
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