# File collaboration **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 5, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-collaboration/139629 "2008-06-05T17:11:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leveille)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-collaboration/139629/1 "2008-06-05T17:11:23Z")
I would like to start collaborating on some very simple ruby programs with a couple of friends. Rather than emailing rb files back and forth, it would be great if there was a way to do something like Google Docs sharing. Does anyone know of a way to do this. Maybe something simpler than using svn or git? We want to build on each other’s work without having to email and create multiple copies. Ideas? ---
**Author:** ![leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leveille)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-collaboration/139629/2 "2008-06-05T17:36:55Z")
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Jason L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I would like to start collaborating on some very simple ruby programs > with a couple of friends. Rather than emailing rb files back and forth, > it would be great if there was a way to do something like Google Docs > sharing. Does anyone know of a way to do this. Maybe something simpler > than using svn or git? Try darcs or bzr. Distributed collaboration without the artificial complication of either SVN or Git. I hear Mercurial is pretty simple too. – Avdi Home: [http://avdi.org](http://avdi.org) Developer Blog: [Avdi Grimm, Code Cleric](http://avdi.org/devblog/) Twitter: [http://twitter.com/avdi](http://twitter.com/avdi) Journal: [http://avdi.livejournal.com](http://avdi.livejournal.com) ---
**Author:** ![leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leveille)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-collaboration/139629/3 "2008-06-06T15:11:23Z")
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Jason L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I would like to start collaborating on some very simple ruby programs > with a couple of friends. Rather than emailing rb files back and forth, > it would be great if there was a way to do something like Google Docs > sharing. Does anyone know of a way to do this. Maybe something simpler > than using svn or git? The FireFox browser has a plugin called GSpace that allows you to use a Google mail account like a file storage device. If you setup a Gmail account for your project, and setup a file structure, your team can use GSpace to work from the Gmail account like a shared file system. You could even setup working areas for each team member. ~Jay ---
**Author:** ![leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leveille)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-collaboration/139629/4 "2008-06-05T18:04:44Z")
Thank you. I will take a look.