From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Reviewing versioned backups Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:03:37 +0200 Message-ID: <87k0ppufeu.fsf@posteo.net> References: <87a6qvat9v.fsf@posteo.net> <87y2e8t8nh.fsf@web.de> <87h7kvocmf.fsf@posteo.net> <87r1jx32bi.fsf@web.de> <87r1jxuh0f.fsf@posteo.net> <831rbxkmj6.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5141"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 30 12:04:32 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lRBEe-0001G9-DX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:04:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36376 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lRBEd-0001Ge-EL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:04:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42278) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lRBDw-0001Fc-Gc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:03:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]:52066) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lRBDq-0004Kr-TX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:03:48 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1874C160062 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:03:38 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1617098619; bh=QlyCLCJ4+AgbEXzg7KJNSZXiJ4xowW3h2KWVghde2eo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=r2mQc2Dw4GFoxNVthoqzAb+lR8P1rFeyGXYYb7r9VlNkoLfZdyl9XQrGtHoALslt+ wriUO1xDEg9YlpiB9qelEyouZmJHgatjJxEy/LbD4SQj2uz2wIUXjx2dLrZSQ2Wvmo rsFpFxW/3i/Jd2cbfrFOIV85LHNpUWmyGolOui/lAhLOGv65kOwScIpFw+wDn87fO3 LF4tA9MmYjFKror55/yESNZdFV20ADQ3Y3B6559xX0yq5HlxZ2I+TEs+qJYfhrsS7A XagxFtJKgBjNocPCdUm1o2Trvo+X227FJGf8HmdU8BKNgeh3hbpnkrTWvG9aZ0CSh6 FvQUlG1Ok+iGQ== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4F8lQL2Tlpz9rxF; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:03:37 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <831rbxkmj6.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:39:57 +0300") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.65; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout01.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128756 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Philip Kaludercic >> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:29:04 +0200 >> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org >> >> What I am looking for is making use of versioned backups, that can >> easily be reviewed. I was wondering for the longest time why there >> is no interface for versioned backups. > > We have "M-x diff-backup", is that what you want? I do use it, but it only uses the latest numerical backup. I think the best solution to this would be to actually implement a VC backend, but I'll have to look into how that can be done. -- Philip K.