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ckrf / xlsx-git

Convert .xlsx files to XML before committing them to git
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Changes to Excel files are not protected if you checkout another commit #1

Closed ckrf closed 9 years ago

ckrf commented 9 years ago

Because the xlsx file is not in the commit, there's no warning that you have to stash your work or committing before it will be overwritten by a checkout.

ckrf commented 9 years ago

This is fixed in v0.02, with the "placeholder model". Now, instead of keeping the file "[name].xlsx" out of the repository, the pre-commit hook commits a text file called "[name].xlsx" with the SHA-1 hash of the actual xlsx file. The placeholder model prevents checkouts until you have stashed all of your Excel files away where you can recover them.