People, I am currently helping a friend who is financially stressed with a major legal drama (child custody) and producing the required legal documentation is turning into a time-wasting nightmare. Using a collaborative tool like Google Docs helps a lot but the the lawyers are making the situation harder by refusing to use GD and insisting on sending doc or pdf files back and forth via email (or paper!) for commenting - it is a hideously inefficient process. I thought a mechanism based on Git might work much better ie:
1. The clauses (paragraphs) in an affidavit are split into separate files. 2. Lawyers, client and client support person (me) make suggested editing changes to each file and issue a pull request. 3. The client - with the final say on wording - accepts or rejects the pull requests as appropriate. The problem: The user web interface for such an app has to be idiot-proof for the lawyers (ie definitely not a techie interface or traditional Git environment) - I think it would be something like a file-manager listing where a particular file in the repo could be opened and edited and when the editing is finished a "Pull Request" button could be pressed and then the client (maybe with my tech help?) could accept or reject the pull requests in the normal Git environment. Given that the idiot-proof web interface would have to be developed, I would prefer a Ruby and / or NodeJS environment so I thought this was a good place to start the discussion! If I don't get any joy here I was thinking of putting this idea on something like Freelancer to see if I can get something going for a modest cost but I would be happier with a community development if I could generate enough interest. Ideas? Suggestions? Thanks, Phil. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitLab" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gitlabhq+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gitlabhq/47614937-0ca9-4464-a5bf-c79a604bea3d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
