I wanted to automate the setup of my desktop environment, but didn’t know what got changed in the individual config files when I tweaked a setting in the UI.

So, I did a git init in ~/.config/, added all files to an initial commit, and then made the change in the UI. Afterwards, a git diff showed the exact changes I wanted.

Writing a novel:

https://craphound.com/news/2009/02/13/flashbake-free-version-control-for-writers-using-git/

I use it to backup my save games. Not sure if that’s conventional.

For example, I’d MKLink %appdata%/Local/Pal/Save/ to a folder in my save repo, and commit that every once in a while.

Tracking season-by-season changes to my fantasy football league’s charter.

Business logic mermaid diagrams installed as a submodule in every projects repo.