[IPython-dev] symlinks vs. hard links for topic-oriented notebook directories

[Steve Holden]

It seems like a reasonable practice to me. While you are at it, think about getting rid of those absolute data file pathnames by adding appropriate symbolic links to a central data directory, then you can move the whole tree about.

regards
 Steve

On Jun 18, 2015, at 5:44 PM, Mark Voorhies <mark.voorhies at ucsf.edu> wrote:

> I'm finally moving from one big git-controlled notebook directory to a more organized tree structure.
> Frequently, I have notebooks that could be classified in more than one subdirectory; e.g., a PCA
> analysis of an expression profiling experiment might make sense in both the subdirectory for that
> experiment as well as a subdirectory of PCA analyses.  Assuming the IPython working directory is
> not relevant (e.g., the notebook refers to all data by absolute path), are there any pros/cons
> (with respect to git and/or IPython) to solving this problem by either symlinking or hard linking
> such notebooks to additional subdirectories?  (Or has anyone come up with a cleaner solution to
> this problem?)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
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