Formerly a writer of code, exploring writing prose.
Is there a diff tool that can track changes better than MS Word "Track Changes" but not as complex as git?
Plain text with possibly markdown. Local or cloud.
👤 scastiel Accepted Answer ✓
I was looking for such a tool (I use Markdown), but in the end I kept using Git. It turns out it’s also pretty good for non-code content :)
👤 thorin
The main reason that track changes is so horrendous to work with is that MS formatting is a lot more complex that ascii. It does kind of work, if you are strict about the kinds of changes you make and start from a fairly fixed template. Some kind of markdown would be better but even that gives complexity which just isn't there with code.
👤 solardev
The Google Docs revision history is pretty nice and a lot easier to work with then either Git or Word.
Also MediaWiki might be another option. Janky though compared to gdocs