From: Simon Harrison <info@simonh.uk>
Subject: Re: Got for mainly binary files
To: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
Cc: gameoftrees@openbsd.org
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 19:20:00 +0100

On Wed, 27 May 2026 18:56:50 +0200
Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name> wrote:

> I manage my own company's assets with Game of Trees, including
> office documents (PDF, ODT, ...)  This use case works best in a
> single-user setup because there is no support for merging such files.
> 
> Hg and SVN would work just as well, if not better since they offer
> more configurabilty around diff and merge tooling.
> 
> If you are only looking for a backup solution rather than version
> control, try Plakar: https://plakar.io

Thanks Stefan. That's good to know. 

I've just been experimenting with using fods / fodt to make diffing
easier so that might be the way to go.

I remember following on Gilles blog about Plakar. It certainly seems to
have come a long way since. I'll have a read.

Cheers,

Simon