Re: Org + git branches for derived files

[Timothy]

Hi Ken,

It’s been a while, but just to chime in: if you use GitHub you may find
<https://github.com/marketplace/actions/org-knit> to be of use.

Let me know if you have any questions, I wrote it a few months ago.

Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I think this might be more of a git question than an Org question, but I 
> imagine I might find the answer here and that it might be useful to others, 
> so I ask here.
>
> I’d like to keep derivative products (the LaTeX output, the final PDF, etc.)
> available in Git, but not commit those changes each time I change the Org 
> file.
> Perhaps git-annex as appropriate for this, but seems over-kill.
>
> Is there some way to mostly-seamlessly commit the LaTeX and/or PDF and/or 
> other
> files to their own git branches but in a way that overwrites the history of 
> that
> branch, so that a small Org file that generates a big binary PDF does not
> pollute the git tree?

All the best,
Timothy