One of the major challenges of writing a journal article is to keep track of versions - both the different versions you create as the document progresses, and to merge in the changes made by your collaborators.
https://blog.martinfenner.org/2014/08/25/using-microsoft-word-with-git/
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# .gitattributes file in root folder of your git project
*.docx diff=pandoc
# .gitconfig file in your home folder
[ diff "pandoc"]
textconv=pandoc --to=markdown
prompt = false
[alias]
wdiff = diff --word-diff=color --unified=1
You can then use git wdiff important_file.docx to see the changes (with deletions in red and insertions in green), or git log -p --word-diff=color important_file.docx to see all changes over time.
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