Thursday, 3 April 2008

SYLK - storing spreadsheets in your source code repository

How do you collaborate with other programmers using a spreadsheet, if that spreadsheet needs to be stored in your source code version control repository? A good choice is the SYLK file format. It is easy to read in a text editor, is compact, supports merging of multiple edits or branches easily, and it supports formulas (tested with OpenOffice.org 2.4).

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