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Re: backup files for files under VC
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Torsten Bronger |
Subject: |
Re: backup files for files under VC |
Date: |
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:18:35 +0200 |
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Hallöchen!
David Kastrup writes:
> Torsten Bronger <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> [...]
>>
>> If I change the file, save it, and remove it afterwards, the
>> changes are lost.
>
> Why would you do that without checking this into a branch when you
> have serious work done on it?
You may do it accidentally. Backups are a protection from hardware
failure as well as human errors. I'm talking about the latter here.
> [...]
>
>> In contrast to that, a backup file stores the last save instead
>> of the last commit. And because this may help in some cases, I
>> suggest to change the default value of vc-make-backup-files.
>
> I vote against it. Version-controlled directories become messy
> pretty fast with backup files lying around.
People who find this messy may switch it off if they please.
However, I think that the default should be in faviour of safety.
Maybe my workflow is unusual -- I've never talked with other people
about it -- but I use C-x C-s much more often than C-x v v when
editing versioned files. Therefore, I think it is also for these
files sensible to keep backups of the last save.
Tschö,
Torsten.
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- backup files for files under VC, Torsten Bronger, 2008/04/21
- Re: backup files for files under VC, Nick Roberts, 2008/04/21
- Re: backup files for files under VC, David Kastrup, 2008/04/21
- Re: backup files for files under VC, Torsten Bronger, 2008/04/21
- Re: backup files for files under VC, David Kastrup, 2008/04/21
- Re: backup files for files under VC,
Torsten Bronger <=
- Re: backup files for files under VC, David Kastrup, 2008/04/21
- Re: backup files for files under VC, Torsten Bronger, 2008/04/21
- Re: backup files for files under VC, David Kastrup, 2008/04/21
- Re: backup files for files under VC, Torsten Bronger, 2008/04/21
- Re: backup files for files under VC, David Kastrup, 2008/04/21
- Re: backup files for files under VC, Torsten Bronger, 2008/04/21
- Messy VC checkouts (was: backup files for files under VC), Phil Hagelberg, 2008/04/21
- Re: Messy VC checkouts, Stefan Monnier, 2008/04/21
- Re: Messy VC checkouts, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2008/04/21
- Re: backup files for files under VC, Richard Stallman, 2008/04/21