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git + Mathematica = corrupt notebooks

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  • Subject: [mg81590] git + Mathematica = corrupt notebooks
  • From: Andy Neitzke <neitzke at ias.edu>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:17:31 -0400 (EDT)

I'm using Mathematica 6.0.1 on Linux together with the version control 
system "git".  If I

1) open some notebook foo.nb,

and then

2) use git to checkout a different revision of the repository, causing the 
disk file foo.nb to be modified,

rather than warning me that foo.nb has been changed on disk, Mathematica 
appears to keep working as if nothing had happened.  This is fine with me, 
although I believe it is not the intended behavior.  The real problem is that 
after doing 2), when I try to save the notebook, the interface behaves as if 
it has been saved (e.g. the * in the titlebar indicating a modified file 
disappears) but does not modify the disk file foo.nb.  Moreover, if I try to 
save under a different name foo2.nb, then a new file foo2.nb is created, but 
that file contains a corrupt notebook.

I would be very curious to know whether anyone else has encountered this 
problem and/or knows a workaround.

Best,

Andy Neitzke


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