emacs not creating backup ~ files to file under git control. Why not?

emacs not creating backup ~ files to file under git control. Why not?

[emacs+git-user]

I was working on a file and it created backups as usual. However I noticed that when i decided to put it under git countrol and created a git directory, then emacs stops to create a backup file~ ever since then.

So to test, i created a new directory and edited a file in it and it creates a backup in the directory.

Then I deleted the file~ then I did 

git int 
in the directory and then did 
git add file
then i edited the file and now it does not create then file~.
Why not and what code controls this to shut it off?

Mitchell

Re: emacs not creating backup ~ files to file under git control. Why not?

[Alex Kost]

emacs+git-user (2015-07-05 07:17 +0300) wrote:

> I was working on a file and it created backups as usual. However I
> noticed that when i decided to put it under git countrol and created a
> git directory, then emacs stops to create a backup file~ ever since
> then.
>
> So to test, i created a new directory and edited a file in it and it creates a backup in the directory.
>
> Then I deleted the file~ then I did 
>
> git int 
> in the directory and then did 
> git add file
> then i edited the file and now it does not create then file~.
> Why not and what code controls this to shut it off?

Look at `vc-make-backup-files' variable.

-- 
Alex