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Re: [Gramps-users] Merging files
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From: Doug B. <dou...@gm...> - 2010-08-06 12:39:44
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On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Espen Berg <es...@gm...> wrote: > 2010/8/6 keller <chr...@we...>: >> Hi, >> >> How to let two persons edit a file and then merge the changes. >> >> This should be like using Version Controll systems like mercurial. I did >> not find the answer in the wiki. >> >> Maybe gramps does not support this, but there should be another tool. >> >> >> Greetings, >> Christoph > > > Hi Christoph, > I haven't tried it myself, but since the *.gramps is a compressed > XML-file (pure text) it should be possible to handle them nicely in a > version control system. You might have to uncompress them before > committing the changes to the version control systems and compress > again before importing the new file into Gramps. > > o Export to Gramps-XML > o uncompress the file > o commit to version control system > o update from version control system whenever a change on the file exists > o compress the file > o import to Gramps > > If this works or if there is an easier way; I don't know, but these > are my suggestions. It might seem like a roundabout way, but never > mind if it works. Any comments or better/easier solutions are > welcome. Christoph, There is a page on the wiki, but it is in the form of a Gramps Enhancement Proposal (GEP) found here: http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=GEPS_009:_Import_Export_Merge That means that this is just in the planning stages. Espen's suggestion may work for some changes, but is not a long-term solution (and I would keep copies of the XML before the merge, in case it doesn't work). Merging at the XML level is not the same as merging at the level of genealogy data. If you limit the diff-patch method to allowing people not delete items, but just add and correct, then you may be fine. BTW, there is a Gramps import/export method that does allow some updates/merges. See: http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gramps_3.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Manage_Family_Trees:_CSV_Import_and_Export Hope that helps, -Doug > Cheers > > Espen > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by > > Make an app they can't live without > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > |