Using GitHub as Repository versioning EPUB

TvdTogt · 07-27-2021, 12:05 PM

I have been looking for practical ways to collaborate on EPUB files, and wonder if people have used GitHub for this. Since an ePub is just a zip file, I could just unpack its contents in a folder on GitHub, clone the repo to my local machine and work on the local files. I would love to do this with Sigil , but Sigil does not seem to understand a unzipped ePub.
Especially when working with others on the same ebook, this would save me a lot of sending complete ePubs back and forth and remembering which file is which version...
Any thoughts on this?
Other people who would like support for this in Sigil?
Cheers,
Ted

DiapDealer · 07-27-2021, 12:36 PM

Precisely what these two plugins were designed for: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=293649

KevinH · 07-27-2021, 12:57 PM

Also, Sigil already creates git archives in a specific layout for its Checkpointing. It uses dulwich (pure python git code) to create the git repo.

If you followed the layout, you could load and recover epubs from git via the Checkpointing tools as well.

07-27-2021, 12:05 PM	#1
TvdTogt Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2021 Device: none	Using GitHub as Repository versioning EPUB I have been looking for practical ways to collaborate on EPUB files, and wonder if people have used GitHub for this. Since an ePub is just a zip file, I could just unpack its contents in a folder on GitHub, clone the repo to my local machine and work on the local files. I would love to do this with Sigil , but Sigil does not seem to understand a unzipped ePub. Especially when working with others on the same ebook, this would save me a lot of sending complete ePubs back and forth and remembering which file is which version... Any thoughts on this? Other people who would like support for this in Sigil? Cheers, Ted

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07-27-2021, 12:36 PM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,039 Karma: 199464182 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Precisely what these two plugins were designed for: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=293649

07-27-2021, 12:57 PM	#3
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,156 Karma: 5450818 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Also, Sigil already creates git archives in a specific layout for its Checkpointing. It uses dulwich (pure python git code) to create the git repo. If you followed the layout, you could load and recover epubs from git via the Checkpointing tools as well.