: Re: For a single author writing short stories in LaTeX, is it worthwhile to switch to a "real" version control system from Dropbox? I'm currently using Dropbox to sync and backup my stories (which

If you're anticipating large structural changes to your LaTeX documents, then a version control system might do you some good. If that's the case, use git since you're familiar with it. Mercurial (hg) is similar enough that you wouldn't have problems if you go that route, although the cloning and branching paradigm seems a bit different (FWIW, I'm pretty familiar with git and only a beginner with Mercurial).

As for using GitLab or BitBucket, it's a cost-benefit analysis of whether you'd rather have total control (your server) versus the reliability and performance of the third-party services (GitLab or BitBucket).

[Edit: Changing answer due to new data involving Dropbox potentially causing repo corruption]

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