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Hello all - we're using Git for source control, and it's working really well. I have a gitignore file set up that includes the following:
/Analyzer
/FileSync
/Project/Exports
/Project/Imports
/Output

My devops team just mentioned they don't think storing images in Git is a good idea at all - said ...

Hello all - I am interested in your input on our plan for versioning our content. We'll be releasing our first online help site and a number of PDF docs this fall.
Our plan is to make the online help site additive, revising topics as needed when functionality changes a lot and keeping older topics ...

We got a Git repository configured for our Flare project. We were unable to bind from Flare to the repository, but we were about to use TortoiseGit to connect our repository with our local environments. Then when we opened Flare, it recognized that source control was implemented and automatically ...

Thanks Nita. Can you give me the simplest option for source control? I don't see us needing to branch, etc. Also, if we decide to use Git from Flare, then later decide to use it outside of Flare, is that a difficult transition?

Thanks again, Patti

Thanks Nita -- Just to clarify, if we use source control for local work, it's ok to keep our committed files on a shared network drive, and use that shared network drive as the location for checking the files into, correct? Or am I hopelessly confused?

Thanks, Patti

Flare Newbie here, so apologies if this is a dumb question ...

We have 3 writers and 1 Flare project on a file server that we are all pointing to. Do we need to use source control for this scenario? Can we turn something on in Flare so we don't inadvertently save changes over someone else?

Thanks ...