Can GitHub be used for writing a collaborative article? [closed]

Question

I am contemplating writing a useful article in a field of my interest. There are many others (about 10-15) people interested in peer reviewing and collaborating on the same. I am not a prolific programmer, but I understand how GitHub works for version control.

Can I use it for writing a 4-5 page collaborative article (version control is very important part) or do you think a better alternative exists?

Answer 1

You certainly could, but I don't know if it's the best choice. A couple of questions come to mind. Is this a text-based document format or are you planning on doing your writing in something like MS Word? If the former then I think it could work well. If the latter I would say it may be less effective.

What about your other collaborators? Are they savvy enough to use a DVCS? That would have some influence as well. I don't know how strongly you need the document versioned, but I could see using git as overkill.

I've found that using Google Docs works well and has a revision history, although it's obviously not as robust as would be found in a VCS.