From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Reviewing versioned backups Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 05:50:42 +0000 Message-ID: <87mtuqihu5.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> 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="33946"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Philip Kaludercic Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 26 06:53:51 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 1lPfPq-0008iZ-Ur for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 06:53:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40510 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lPfPq-0003xT-0q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 01:53:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34874) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lPfNR-0002Ah-Qf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 01:51:21 -0400 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp49.blacknight.com ([46.22.136.233]:47269) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lPfNP-0007G6-5L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 01:51:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail04.blacknight.ie [81.17.254.17]) by outbound-smtp49.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52504FAA4F for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 05:51:17 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: (qmail 6256 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2021 05:51:17 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO rt-inspiron-3480) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[51.37.90.145]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (AES256-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 26 Mar 2021 05:51:17 -0000 In-Reply-To: <87a6qvat9v.fsf@posteo.net> (message from Philip Kaludercic on Mon, 22 Mar 2021 20:21:48 +0100) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=46.22.136.233; envelope-from=rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com; helo=outbound-smtp49.blacknight.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, 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:128592 Archived-At: Philip Kaludercic writes: > 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 seem to remember from Emacs Reddit that someone has written a mode to do this. I might be imagining it. I suggest looking on MELPA and Reddit. BR, Robert Thorpe