[irl_]

Took me a while of reading here to realise, there's no git here. This is a seperate thing that cannot be integrated with your existing stuff, if you're already using Git.

I'd like to have the option of Word documents in Git but I don't want a whole other system just for the special snowflake that is Word as I'm already using Git for managing LaTeX documents and doing that entirely on my own infra.

[bonniemuffin]

I don't think people who already use git and latex are the target audience for this.

[microcolonel]

Then they shouldn't market based on it.

[Cthulhu_]

I agree. Git / version control is too complicated for most people. Doesn't Microsoft have its own collaborative editing / version control system in Office365 yet?

[microcolonel]

Office365 does have versioning. I'm not going to say this is better or worse, but it does exist.

[JohnHammersley]

Slightly off-topic, but if you're using Git for managing your LaTeX documents, you might like to give Overleaf a try -- it allows you to clone your LaTeX project on Overleaf to a local Git repo (which can be a submodule of a wider project). Details here: https://www.overleaf.com/blog/195

If you do use it, feedback is always appreciated (I'm one of the Overleaf founders), thanks.

[Folcon]

Is that something people care about though?

I'm asking honestly as someone who was in this space several years ago, I'm not convinced that even if it was backed to git that would be a big enough lure to make people want to use it.

Please feel free to convince me I'm wrong :)...

[mark212]

Every lawyer who works in litigation would give an arm for something like this if it actually works. I spend so much of my time in "Track Changes" under Word and after three redlines it's basically incomprehensible.