From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phil Hagelberg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Messy VC checkouts (was: backup files for files under VC) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:20:48 -0700 Message-ID: <87prsj3z0v.fsf_-_@hagelb.org> References: <87fxtf3aiq.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85mynnsg0t.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <8763ub31eh.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85wsmrqv1j.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87r6cze6zo.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85r6czqtb7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87iqybe5j0.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85mynnqrr2.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87ej8ze483.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85hcdvqqd1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208798512 18625 80.91.229.12 (21 Apr 2008 17:21:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:21:52 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 21 19:22:26 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jnzid-0001NI-Nv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:22:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jnzhu-00050j-1X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:21:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jnzhq-00050U-3K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:21:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jnzhf-0004zJ-Dv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:21:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jnzhf-0004zE-An for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:21:19 -0400 Original-Received: from sd-green-bigip-202.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.202] helo=spunkymail-a18.g.dreamhost.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jnzhe-0003KG-HE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:21:19 -0400 Original-Received: from dynabook (unknown [63.229.31.78]) by spunkymail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8692C5B52F for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:20:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <85hcdvqqd1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:39:22 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:95657 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: >> I mean files like "thesis.tex.~1.3.~" in the same directory as your >> working copies. > > I think you are confused. Those aren't created by the version control > system. They are auxiliary files Emacs creates (or has the version > control system create) for its own operation when it can't perform them > otherwise. Speaking of messy directories under VC, is there any way instead of writing those files to disk they could be loaded directly into a buffer so as not to clutter the checkout? Perhaps they could be checked out into a temporary file first? If this option doesn't currently exist in VC, how difficult would it be to add? -Phil