I'm curious if any of you are using Git to manage your machine configurations. Since I'm super new to using LinuxCNC and not as confident as I'd like to be yet, I've been using Git to manage the files in my machine's configuration folder. So far it's really saved me from a configuration development standpoint as I move code between my machine's computer and my personal workstation(s). I've used branching to develop new features (subroutines) and to isolate configuration changes before I merge those updates into master, my production branch.
Basically, I'm using Git like a software engineer (which is my background), but in this case to track, manage, and isolate my machine config. It doesn't hurt that I'm using a network location as a remote for Git; the remote essentially gives me "offsite backup", and central access for any of my machines to access my configuration.
As of now I'm only tracking the following files. Everything else is explicitly ignored in the .gitignore file:
- machine.hal (My machine's hal)
- machine.ini (My machine's ini)
- postgui.hal
- probe-configuration.hal (for my tool setter and touch probe)
- qtdragon.pref
- readme.md (my personal documentation for my machine)
- shutdown.hal
- tool.tbl
- vc-p4s.hal (for my VistaCNC pendant)
- vc-postgui.hal
- subroutines (folder + all content in it)
Is there any reason I should track things in my python or qtvcp folders?
Josh
