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Re: Reviewing versioned backups
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Michael Heerdegen |
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Re: Reviewing versioned backups |
Date: |
Wed, 31 Mar 2021 01:41:12 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
> > You could still use Git/Magit it but it would need some setup. You
> > could, for example, instruct `backup-directory-alist' to assign backups
> > a special directory, make it a Git repository, and instruct Emacs to
> > commit each new backup automatically.
>
> But this wouldn't give me a direct overview of all backup versions, it
> would just version the backups. What I am looking for is making use of
> versioned backups, that can easily be reviewed.
My idea was that you make Emacs automatically commit these backups after
creation (thus the separate directory, you can set it up as a separate
repository), and then use Magit or VC or whatever to view and diff.
> I was wondering for the longest time why there is no interface for
> versioned backups.
I once tried to live with versioned backups myself but I gave up because
it used too much space. My .gnu-emacs is nearly 1 MByte, a thousand
saves are reached quickly, and you want to keep versions for a long
time. After having used up several GBytes in a suprising short period
of time I chose a different approach. IMO handling this with a VCS is
the better approach.
Regards,
Michael.
- Re: Reviewing versioned backups, (continued)
Re: Reviewing versioned backups, Philip Kaludercic, 2021/03/31