From: Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Out-of-control backups!
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 19:34:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878umjm5e4.fsf@debian.uxu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.7267.1408515668.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:
> Well, config files (especially the allmighty ~/.emacs
> and ~/.gnus.el) might be worth the extra management
> effort. At least I don't want to lose them when my
> harddrive passes away.
Yeah, I have some 50 files of Elisp and as many with
zsh functions and a big chunk with everything else as
well, if all that disappeared that would be a black day
indeed. So I use rsync to beam it to a safe space
regularly. I'm not opposed backups, I just think
version control with branching and commits and all
isn't called for. Because the code isn't that
interconnected, it doesn't break and experimentation in
one direction that needs to be isolated doesn't happen.
Only if you are very used to do it from other projects
you may include that activity to your config files with
so little effort, then it is another matter, of course.
--
underground experts united
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-20 17:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-11 12:26 Out-of-control backups! Sharon Kimble
2014-08-11 12:47 ` Tassilo Horn
[not found] ` <mailman.6967.1407761447.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-19 3:17 ` Hans BKK
2014-08-19 3:33 ` Rusi
2014-08-19 16:53 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-20 6:20 ` Tassilo Horn
2014-08-20 13:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-20 15:11 ` Tassilo Horn
2014-08-20 16:41 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.7267.1408515668.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-20 17:34 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
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