I am contemplating using a source-code version control system (such as Subversion) to store the files of a corpus as it is being constructed, (a) to help keep track of changes as I go, (b) to allow several people to work on it in a non-confusing way and (c) to simplify backing up and aid data security.
Using version control software occurred to me after spending some time manually keeping track of a set of encoding and markup changes in an older corpus, and finding it a total pain in the neck. Of course, this is not exactly what version control software is designed for...
I was wondering, has anyone on the list done this before? If so, are there any pitfalls to avoid / particular pointers I should be aware of? Or alternative (better) ways of accomplishing the same thing?
All hints and tips gratefully received.
Best
Andrew.
Andrew Hardie Department of Linguistics County South Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YL United Kingdom