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[WillowLuman]

I've created a github repository for the vanilla raws, so that modders might be able to see the changes between updates to the base game more easily. This makes it easier to know what changes may be needed to keep a mod current.

Here it is

[Quietust]

Somebody else has already uploaded them here, complete with a complete revision history dating back to the very first version of DF released.

[WillowLuman]

Oh. Well, that's even better!

_{Damnit search function...}

[jecowa]

Now I can easily browse the raws from my phone. Some of the raws are on the wiki, but they're all scattered about and probably incomplete. I was having trouble finding entity_default.txt, for example.

It doesn't look like the one that goes back to the dawn of time is being updated anymore, so it's nice to have one with the latest files.

[Chief10]

Sorry if this sounds incredibly dumb, but could someone explain what a GIT is at a high level? It's just a way to store changes between different versions of a file?

I've googled it extensively but I can't find a succinct answer in laymen's terms (I know only a touch of programming)

[WillowLuman]

Sorry if this sounds incredibly dumb, but could someone explain what a GIT is at a high level? It's just a way to store changes between different versions of a file

Pretty much. It's a way of keeping track of changes to a set of files, so that multiple people can work on them without overriding each other's changes, and can keep their changes compatible with other changes to the base

[Chief10]

It's a way of keeping track of changes to a set of files, so that multiple people can work on them without overriding each other's changes, and can keep their changes compatible with other changes to the base

Thanks for the response. You say it can keep multiple people's work compatible, but what differentiates that from some pop file-storage/sharing medium, like google docs, where your changes are saved instantly and others working on the document see that and do their work accordingly?

[jecowa]

GitHub lets you type in a command that will update your copy to the latest version. GitHub also saves previous versions so that you can figure out where a problem started.

I like the "Blame" button that shows you who wrote each line of code. GitHub seems kind of Terrible, though, I would recommend BitBucket instead.

[Chief10]

Cool! Thanks for the help

[Putnam]

It's a way of keeping track of changes to a set of files, so that multiple people can work on them without overriding each other's changes, and can keep their changes compatible with other changes to the base

Thanks for the response. You say it can keep multiple people's work compatible, but what differentiates that from some pop file-storage/sharing medium, like google docs, where your changes are saved instantly and others working on the document see that and do their work accordingly?

It's (by design) completely decentralized--Github is technically a central repository, but the design of Git is that there is none. Google Docs has a google doc that you edit. Github you copy the entire project to your own computer, make branches, edit them, make commits, then other people can pull your commits into their repository (Github uses "pull requests" as a way to call attention to your own commits).

[WillowLuman]

As the other git seems to be deprecated, I've updated the repo.

[lethosor]

There's also https://github.com/BenLubar/raws, which I believe Ben has a script to generate, but it's a bit behind too.