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## [Idea: privacy-sensitive way to link commits to author in The Nest](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/idea-privacy-sensitive-way-to-link-commits-to-author-in-the-nest/435)

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**Author:** [@tae](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/tae)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/idea-privacy-sensitive-way-to-link-commits-to-author-in-the-nest/435 "2024-05-14T16:28:02Z")

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I’ve never liked the idea to tie an email address to my commits for privacy reasons, but of course I want to be linked somehow to my work. Would it be possible to rely on the key-pair used to sign commits instead? To avo…

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## [Record -m message behavior](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/record-m-message-behavior/1201)

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**Author:** [@descendingnerdliness](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/descendingnerdliness)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/record-m-message-behavior/1201 "2024-05-08T13:58:20Z")

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I seems that the -m option to record must be the equivalent of a single word or an error is generated. For example: record -m "added notes" generates Error: Path not in repository: notes" In order to not error out, y…

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## [Is there a way of telling if changes, saved in text files, will conflict?](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/is-there-a-way-of-telling-if-changes-saved-in-text-files-will-conflict/1109)

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**Author:** [@tucker-m](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/tucker-m)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/is-there-a-way-of-telling-if-changes-saved-in-text-files-will-conflict/1109 "2024-05-02T01:19:12Z")

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Kind of an open-ended question here, but I’m wondering if anyone can think of a smooth way of solving this problem. Let’s say I’ve made a large edit, I haven’t recorded it yet, and I want to record it as two separate ch…

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## [Generalized birthday bounds](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/generalized-birthday-bounds/919)

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**Author:** [@burdges](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/burdges)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/generalized-birthday-bounds/919 "2024-04-30T15:11:58Z")

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There exist efficient collisions in the version identifier described in the manual, from either Wagner’s A Generalized Birthday Problem (2002) or On the (in)security of ROS (2020). In essence, there is no benefit gained…

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## [How to view a file in the past](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/how-to-view-a-file-in-the-past/1197)

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**Author:** [@pcarbonn](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/pcarbonn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/how-to-view-a-file-in-the-past/1197 "2024-04-22T16:09:38Z")

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In the VSCode extension, the user can select a pijul change in the changelog of the current channel, and then select a file changed by that pijul change. When he does that, I would like to show a diff panel showing the …

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## [Update the published pijul manual?](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/update-the-published-pijul-manual/1196)

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**Author:** [@pcarbonn](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/pcarbonn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/update-the-published-pijul-manual/1196 "2024-04-22T05:51:10Z")

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The published pijul manual still talks of version 1.0.0-alpha (instead of beta), and of pijul keys (instead of pijul identity). It does not mention pijul tag. The pijul manual on nest appears to be up-to-date, on the o…

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## [Table-oriented GUI (e.g. in Nest)](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/table-oriented-gui-e-g-in-nest/1193)

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**Author:** [@pcarbonn](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/pcarbonn)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/table-oriented-gui-e-g-in-nest/1193 "2024-04-19T07:06:29Z")

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Pijul is great at managing different versions of a piece of software, e.g., a free, premium and pro version in Mac/Win/linux (just an example). Each version has a channel, and features (i.e. pathces/changes) can be adde…

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## [Pre-record hook](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/pre-record-hook/68)

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**Author:** [@lthms](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/lthms)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/pre-record-hook/68 "2024-04-05T11:32:58Z")

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Hi everyone. I start using pijul again and I was thinking that a cool feature would be to be able to specify a bunch of script to run when recording; the idea is the record would fail in case one of the scripts does not …

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## [Shared filesystem repository with group permissions](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/shared-filesystem-repository-with-group-permissions/1178)

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**Author:** [@jeremyboles](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/jeremyboles)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/shared-filesystem-repository-with-group-permissions/1178 "2024-02-22T10:34:58Z")

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Hi! I am just starting with Pijul and would like to collaborate on a repository with other users on the same Linux machine. Is there a configuration option allowing users in the same group to work from a shared repositor…

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## [First usage of pijul](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/first-usage-of-pijul/1181)

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**Author:** [@eribol](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/eribol)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/first-usage-of-pijul/1181 "2024-02-20T20:42:43Z")

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Hi. I am new to pijul. I follow the document instructions but i could not make work correctly of pijul. First problem is in document it says use pijul key generate but pijul says there is not generate argument. My secon…

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## [Problem with nest](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/problem-with-nest/1176)

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**Author:** [@descendingnerdliness](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/descendingnerdliness)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/problem-with-nest/1176 "2024-02-14T16:39:40Z")

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When I tried to check for progress on my issue, Chromium refused to connect to the nest saying it was insecure and “You cannot visit nest.pijul.com right now because the website uses HSTS. Network errors and attacks are …

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## [Push with Error: failed to fill whole buffer](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/push-with-error-failed-to-fill-whole-buffer/1175)

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**Author:** [@descendingnerdliness](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/descendingnerdliness)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/push-with-error-failed-to-fill-whole-buffer/1175 "2024-02-09T21:26:40Z")

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While a tiny repo produces no errors, pushing a 600MB repo to a local machine with a fresh install of Debian 11 over a tailnet results in the following pijul push -a name@server:/extra/phd Uploading changes \[===========…

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## [Questions about collaboration roadmap](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/questions-about-collaboration-roadmap/1147)

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**Author:** [@ser](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/ser)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/questions-about-collaboration-roadmap/1147 "2024-01-27T04:27:18Z")

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Avoiding a necrobump of the last roadmap question in '19. We have Nest. We have ssh:. We don’t have darcs send --email. Is that where tag is going? To share via patches, I think what pijul needs (is missing) is an analo…

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## [Nest self hosting](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/nest-self-hosting/1126)

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**Author:** [@KunaPrime](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/KunaPrime)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/nest-self-hosting/1126 "2024-01-24T14:56:47Z")

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is Nest available for self hosting? To be more precise: can one host private instance of Nest?

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## [Something you may find useful: pijul-prompt.zsh](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/something-you-may-find-useful-pijul-prompt-zsh/1162)

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**Author:** [@ryanbooker](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/ryanbooker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/something-you-may-find-useful-pijul-prompt-zsh/1162 "2024-01-17T10:35:12Z")

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I use git-prompt.zsh to have a live status of the current repo in my zsh prompt, and wanted something similar for pijul, so I made pijul-prompt.zsh . This is a a GitHub mirror so it will work with Antidote (and probably …

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## [FYI: Submitted beta 8 to nixpkgs](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/fyi-submitted-beta-8-to-nixpkgs/1161)

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**Author:** [@ryanbooker](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/ryanbooker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/fyi-submitted-beta-8-to-nixpkgs/1161 "2024-01-05T06:55:54Z")

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## [The Nest is down](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/the-nest-is-down/1149)

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**Author:** [@dblsaiko](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/dblsaiko)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/the-nest-is-down/1149 "2023-11-26T13:13:25Z")

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Since yesterday, the Nest is completely down, just when I wanted to publish my first thing :stuck\_out\_tongue: Is this known? cc @pmeunier

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## [Documentation needs a few guides](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/documentation-needs-a-few-guides/1160)

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**Author:** [@aljazerzen](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/aljazerzen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/documentation-needs-a-few-guides/1160 "2023-12-15T15:25:51Z")

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There is a “getting started” and “reference”, but what would really help learning how to use pijul, would be a set of guides for example: Fork and merge: how to fork your repository into multiple channels for parallel …

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## [Undo push to remote](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/undo-push-to-remote/1158)

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**Author:** [@quietlight](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/quietlight)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/undo-push-to-remote/1158 "2023-12-10T23:09:49Z")

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I made a mistake, bound to happen sometime. I pushed to the wrong repo and need to undo the push. It is not clear to me from the docs how to do this. One thing that would be nice, maybe it already exists, would be to h…

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## [Phenomenological Pijul (or Pijul from the outside)](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/phenomenological-pijul-or-pijul-from-the-outside/906)

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**Author:** [@spacefrogg](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/spacefrogg)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/phenomenological-pijul-or-pijul-from-the-outside/906 "2023-12-06T15:58:31Z")

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There has been a lot of confusion lately about what all the elements of pijul do, why they have such uncommon names, and how to wield pijul anyhow. So, this is a topic that tries to explain pijul, looking at it from its …

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## [How to use pjcolor in a more proper way](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/how-to-use-pjcolor-in-a-more-proper-way/1154)

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**Author:** [@levi](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/levi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/how-to-use-pjcolor-in-a-more-proper-way/1154 "2023-11-28T17:31:14Z")

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It took me more than an hour to do this right. At first it seems like a simple problem. But the naive solutions didn’t quite work out. So I’m sharing the way, how to use pjcolor in transparent way for zsh. The method is …

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## [Should Pijul output be coloured on macOS?](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/should-pijul-output-be-coloured-on-macos/1116)

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**Author:** [@ryanbooker](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/ryanbooker)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 7:33am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/should-pijul-output-be-coloured-on-macos/1116 "2023-10-29T07:33:13Z")

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I’m using iTerm2 and ls, prompt, git output, etc are all coloured, but the Pijul output is not. Should it be?

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## [Nix flakes integration?](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/nix-flakes-integration/733)

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**Author:** [@las](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/las)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/nix-flakes-integration/733 "2023-11-26T20:45:17Z")

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I was considering using pijul to manage my nix flakes, but since nix flakes seem heavily tied to git and hg, I’m not sure how to do this. On the https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes this is written after all: “Warning: flake m…

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## [Installing Pijul on Windows](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/installing-pijul-on-windows/1129)

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**Author:** [@Dangthrimble](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/Dangthrimble)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/installing-pijul-on-windows/1129 "2023-11-23T21:28:45Z")

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Not sure whether this should be under “Question” or “Documentation”. Anyway, I assume the documentation (and presumably the installation process) is clear for all OSes with the exception of Windows. The section on instal…

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## [More info about theory](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/more-info-about-theory/1125)

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**Author:** [@KunaPrime](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/KunaPrime)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/more-info-about-theory/1125 "2023-11-01T08:10:26Z")

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Hi there, i have stumbled upon pijul and it seem like very interesting project and tool so i’m looking for ways how to better understand it. In particular, reading “Theory - A less naive representation” section in the …

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## [Splitting up a Repository](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/splitting-up-a-repository/1123)

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**Author:** [@stellarpower](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/stellarpower)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/splitting-up-a-repository/1123 "2023-10-29T21:08:31Z")

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One thing I think causes problems with other VCSs, is the way a repository is a single unit. There’s lots of discussions online between using a “monorepo”, using submodules, etc. At some point, a project becomes more co…

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## [Identity / Key: What are the "name", "displayname" and "username"?](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/identity-key-what-are-the-name-displayname-and-username/1115)

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**Author:** [@das-g](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/das-g)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/identity-key-what-are-the-name-displayname-and-username/1115 "2023-10-28T22:30:35Z")

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Even after reading through https://pijul.org/manual/keys.html and and pijul/pijul - Discussion #521 - Can’t get a new repo going, pijul/manual - Discussion #58 - Update documentation on keys/identities including the c…

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## [Fast characterwise (and binary?) patches](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/fast-characterwise-and-binary-patches/32)

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**Author:** [@pointfree](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/pointfree)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/fast-characterwise-and-binary-patches/32 "2023-10-27T23:17:44Z")

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All programming languages and human-readable text-based formats that I'm aware use characters and substrings as tokens, not lines. However, source control systems are typically based around the arbitrary newline separato…

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## [Non-Colocated Channels](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/non-colocated-channels/1104)

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**Author:** [@stellarpower](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/stellarpower)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/non-colocated-channels/1104 "2023-10-12T05:00:25Z")

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Sorry, sure this has been asked a million times before, but as I can’t see the answer online… What’s the recommended way of having non-colocated channels? I.e., I’d like separate channels to have their working tree in s…

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## [Is Pijul the right tool for me? I want to version-control my personal backups](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/is-pijul-the-right-tool-for-me-i-want-to-version-control-my-personal-backups/1077)

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**Author:** [@birb](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/birb)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/is-pijul-the-right-tool-for-me-i-want-to-version-control-my-personal-backups/1077 "2023-10-01T17:27:53Z")

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Hi :slight\_smile: Other users and I will benefit from knowing whether to learn and use Pijul. Here’s my use-case: I have files in my computer (music, videos, documents, etc.) I have a hard drive that contains a copy o…

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