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bycaseih ( 160668 ) writes:
When working with AI, the first thing to always do is commit everything to git, then make a branch and see what AI can do. Once it's done, merge it back in. While the concept of diffs don't make as much sense when it comes to spreadsheets and documents[1], git is still a decent framework for managing projects with them in it. If you use LibreOffice you can store in "flat" versions of the formats (such as .fodt) which are single-file, uncompressed xml files. But the diff won't be very readable to humans.
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byCubicleZombie ( 2590497 ) writes:
I recently noticed that GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio has "checkpoints" where you can restore the state from past chat history. That's pretty cool. I've been using a script to back everything up each time I turn Copilot Agent loose.
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