LyX ⇒ Integrating LyX and Git.

[traebarlow]

Although I have some experience programming and with Mercurial, I am both a LyX and a Git newbie. I got interested in LyX and then Git as a means of discarding paper/pencil for my College Algebra homework. I figured I could make my work much more readable, documented, and accessible if it were stored neatly on a computer. LyX meets the readability / documented part, and Git fulfills the need for accessibility.

This isn't intended to be a holy-war discussion, Git and LyX are what I'm going with. I'm just curious about the level of "compatibility" between these two softwares.

I know I can create custom commands/buttons in LyX, but what else will I need in terms of software for say, comparing the output two versions of a LaTeX file or could I do that in LyX? I'm running Fedora Linux.

Would I need to re-load the file every time I decided to revert to a previous version or does could the LyX commands be strung together procedurally, say, by firing the Git command to revert the file then the LyX command to re-load it?

Would this all have to be stetup manually or is there some built in support. I am running Lyx 2.0.7 but I could build from source if a newer version would better fit my needs.

I apologize for this being a bit wordy. I'm going to the public lib today to pick up books on LaTeX and Git, knowing what to expect would give me a ton of perspective in my reading.