Re: [Orgmode] Re: Sync org-mode files in different computers

[Ian Barton]

> > Hi, I am a new emacs user and I am exploring org-mode which is really amazing.
> >
> > I would like to know how I sync org-mode files in different computer over local 
> > network and over the internet.
>
> Hi,
>
> I personally use git to sync my org-mode files but there are lots of
> tools available to sync files across multiple machines.
>
> Some options are:
>
>   - put your org-mode files in a source control system (git, svn,
>     whatever system you are used to) and check out the files on all your
>     target systems
I use bzr (another vcs). My system is to place my org files on a server 
at home and mount the org directory as an nfs share on my local 
computers. Thus when I am at home I can access org files from any 
computer on my home network, or just run emacs on the server.


Every evening a cron job automatically commits any changes to my 
server's bzr repo and at the same time pushes the updates to an external 
web server.

On my notebook I have a local bzr branch of my org files. This covers 
most bases when I am away:

If I remember before I go out, I can pull the latest changes from my 
home server to my notebook and just carry on working. If I forget to 
pull my changes I can pull all changes up to last evening's commit from 
the Internet.

If all the above fails, I can just work on the branch I have on my 
notebook. This isn't usually more than a couple of days old. When I get 
to somewhere with an Internet connection I can use bzr to merge the 
changes on my notebook to the latest version.

It also means that I have at least three copies of my org files in 
different places, so disk failures, etc won't result in much, or any, 
lost work.

Ian.