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, 23 Mar 2021 12:55:25 +0100 Message-ID: <87v99i9j9u.fsf@posteo.net> References: <87a6qvat9v.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25191"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 23 12:56:10 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 1lOfdn-0006MJ-OU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:56:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48160 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lOfdm-0006Hi-Q3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 07:56:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34430) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lOfdE-0006FL-Ol for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 07:55:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]:37605) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lOfdC-0004kI-DU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 07:55:32 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C493E2400FD for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:55:26 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1616500526; bh=v/hV1cNuopczD24yFHdZt0YOPl6iSx1g4f5JSiwfSaU=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:From; b=odh+89BgN/R1pXiKD0Wp4/gTULmcDKBo0irybJU3c3i/9E+3jN/6naFYx/v9zmFCH bU9BsTeZiER5WSDuQjb8MFVWA6h/NbIHsSi61r4bNk1uAnHooEFDq7Es85lYDk9baP 2SlgoG+RRSdhrqZTF5wTYZYCWnsKu4PYJiOS9x84czSgDHkwTYza/u4SPXxcL83Av1 VuD2k8I58uejpSIYsWaqxrmxxmd+4i2Ul4V8agdeH7RXgcYZu+0OF78xGCn2iKmotR m/n0DaIJRN2VklY695XhpOkIzVATKlykxKPcdXcTTr+soM4NCHUxQOxReKjn2WtiWv QQEYXZntNPlxQ== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4F4VDZ1qDjz9rxX for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:55:26 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Jean Louis's message of "Mon, 22 Mar 2021 23:25:08 +0300") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout02.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, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham 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:128526 Archived-At: Jean Louis writes: > * Philip Kaludercic [2021-03-22 22:48]: >> Hey, >> >> I have been using version-control for years now, but have always >> wondered if there was a better way to review previous versions besides >> just going into your backup directory and manually comparing them. Is >> there maybe a vc backend that uses the backup information? Or has >> someone written some code to make it easier that they would care to >> share? > > I am using RCS and to review some previous version I do: `C-x v ~ > VERSION-NUMBER` then I get full file visible in the buffer. My first message was confusing, I mean the user option version-control that generates numeric backups. My goal would be to review the version history using C-x v l without having to manually commit anything. -- Philip K.