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Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 18:24:12 -0700
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On 7/19/2014 5:41 PM, Tim Delaney wrote:
> The main thing is that versioning should be automatic now - it's 
> almost free, and the benefits are huge because even trivial scripts 
> end up evolving.

I keep my modest Python scripts in a Dropbox directory and run a weekly 
Python script to zip up the Dropbox directory for safekeeping on the 
home file server and Microsoft OneDrive. If I really need a recent copy 
of a script, Time Machine on the Mac should have a copy from the Drop 
Box folder.

The only time I use version control is when I have a big project with 
many moving parts and/or I'm publishing software for other people to use.

Chris Reimer