From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: backup files for files under VC Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:53:00 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87fxtf3aiq.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85mynnsg0t.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <8763ub31eh.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85wsmrqv1j.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87r6cze6zo.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85r6czqtb7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87iqybe5j0.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208789651 10377 80.91.229.12 (21 Apr 2008 14:54:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:54:11 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 21 16:54:45 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JnxPV-0007Vb-B9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:54:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JnxOU-0007sk-JC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:53:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JnxOQ-0007sP-M2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:53:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JnxOK-0007r8-IH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:53:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JnxOK-0007qw-EY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:53:12 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JnxOJ-0001q8-Db for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:53:12 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsAFALNGDEhMCpdU/2dsb2JhbACBUahl X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,690,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="18820383" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 21 Apr 2008 10:53:00 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([76.10.151.84]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id BSW71800; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:53:00 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 61E068066; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:53:00 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87iqybe5j0.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> (Torsten Bronger's message of "Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:50:11 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:95635 Archived-At: > Note however that the distributed VCS'es don't store local copies of > the last revision as CVS and SVN do. So you have only the original > files in the tree. I'm not sure I understand correctly what you mean, but Git/Bzr/Hg/Mtn/DaRCS do store the last revision (and all previous ones, actually) locally. It's "hidden" inside their internal data, but you can access it with C-x v ~ any time (and presumably very quickly). Stefan