DOCX files with git

(Basically by using a Word-to-Markdown converter)

Installation

1. Install LibreOffice.
2. Make sure Ruby 2.4+ is installed (ruby -v). If not do the following (on Mac OS X): 2.1. Download ruby: \curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable 2.2. See the list of ruby versions and note the latest one (must be 2.4+): rvm list known 2.3. To install the latest version: rvm install ruby-2.4.1 2.4. Check ruby version is the latest one: ruby -v 2.4. To set this as the default version, run: rvm use ruby-2.4.1 --default
3. Install Word-to-Markdown: gem install word-to-markdown
4. Drop the directory scripts along with the file .gitignore and the shortcut file watchdog.sh into your working directory.
5. Make sure python is installed on your system.

Running

1. Open a Terminal window, cd to your working directory and run ./watchdog.sh.
2. Now everytime you modify and save a docx file, a corresponding md file will be generated.
3. Press Ctrl+C to terminate watchdog.sh when you're done changing the docx file.

Note: This works on docx files placed only right inside your working directory. It won't detect changes in files that are residing under subdirectories inside your working directory.

Credits

• Word to Markdown Converter by benbalter
• when-changed by joh