Stupid simple version control using dropbox

Mike Kerner MikeKerner at roadrunner.com
Sun Feb 9 11:34:54 EST 2014


Now if you could mark/name the versions...


On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

> Google Drive has the same feature. Right click a file, Manage versions.
> Never thought about using it for version control, thanks for the idea.
>
> Pete
> lcSQL Software
> On Feb 8, 2014 5:54 PM, "Paul Hibbert" <paulhibbert at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Mark,
> >
> > Thank you for sharing that, I looked all over for this when I heard about
> > it, but when I saw the add on in the price structure I stopped looking.
> >
> > I guess Dropbox has one thing in common with LiveCode then - occasionally
> > lacking in documentation!
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > On 2014-02-08, at 4:57 PM, Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Paul, Howard-
> > >
> > > Saturday, February 8, 2014, 3:07:28 PM, you wrote:
> > >
> > >> You need a Business account or a Pro account with add ons for version
> > history.
> > >
> > > Not necessary.
> > >
> > >> On 2014-02-07, at 12:36 PM, Howard Bornstein <bornstein at designeq.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >>> However, I don't see the stack versioning you describe in any of my
> > stack
> > >>> files on Dropbox. Is there something specific one needs to do in
> order
> > to
> > >>> invoke this characteristic of Dropbox?
> > >
> > > (the description below is for linux, I assume other OSs are similar)
> > >
> > > Right-click on the Dropbox icon in the tray
> > > Select Launch Dropbox website
> > > Find the file you're interested in
> > > Right-click the file for the contextual menu
> > > Select Previous versions
> > > From the list that appears, select one checkbox
> > >  (ignore the fact that the checkbox looks like a radio button)
> > > Click the Restore button
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Mark Wieder
> > > ahsoftware at gmail.com
> > >
> > >
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