From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Out-of-control backups! Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 19:34:43 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <878umjm5e4.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87wqafnreh.fsf@skimble.plus.com> <4a9b74f4-a4c5-40fc-93a7-071a2f86eb18@googlegroups.com> <87ppfwfmjj.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408556128 22866 80.91.229.3 (20 Aug 2014 17:35:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:35:28 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 20 19:35:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XK9n6-0004Zt-Vh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2014 19:35:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56798 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XK9n6-0000bJ-Jx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:35:20 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!194.109.133.83.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 22 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: P0uMB9BthHuWo8+BJXB4Mw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:OqWLr22g3PW27FQddmSnYwoUjPc= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207046 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99323 Archived-At: Tassilo Horn 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