From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Yates Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Reviewing versioned backups Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:36:53 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87a6qvat9v.fsf@posteo.net> <87v99i9j9u.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="16074"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list To: Philip Kaludercic Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 23 13:38:02 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 1lOgIL-00043d-Or for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:38:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56730 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lOgIK-0008Ff-Nr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:38:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44054) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lOgHW-0008FZ-IJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:37:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lf1-f44.google.com ([209.85.167.44]:42765) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lOgHU-0002bK-KY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:37:10 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-lf1-f44.google.com with SMTP id o10so26374399lfb.9 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 05:37:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=36HY7s23EWjKdY6CPsmdIbxkzMafoJ7SutL2uYbakwQ=; b=iZRDYlfDUeNMS3rWX8RORff9PhP8YwqCHTWzw//0mZCCCtGmW8IVMUV+KzLfsjeoCU NQ07ARSQ9qlWSZs0T6s++duPNLo45UwuJzdQzGc5eAgvQPReIUBKCAph8ds9ZlY8IuZy LcH7qOinb8cgm4UikjK5J+p7WeNqPyEsoJar7LCShgU8wteigqA4UUusmjgW1GP9oAOg WtH74LPAhX/vStLvjyGU8Q8WOD9AUasfgqr6w1AfaNJQRbQogaK2PhGIIu3xpQpWc6Ae JDuCtClnoBL1ro1602S8J9xXIKciy+tbQ+EZZ0hB1VVfJuW0QUNYpGbu++ft4UoTW2O2 Z7cA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533+T3PmJUtRHLz3hcKUZ1pv2OAxMeYon+AEkYhQNF8ZoiXH/jF9 0+5R9I8A8fkyW5btOdrlIhngSZIojet6xh+MJEw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxjlGBM1qkTVxYkHrbczwh6f/rY8IFO5vwDqbn93DUS11EXu+aoruRdL6dVElG5OjhGu+geLw6phOGhEXo5tA0= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:338a:: with SMTP id h10mr2594479lfg.277.1616503024531; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 05:37:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87v99i9j9u.fsf@posteo.net> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=209.85.167.44; envelope-from=john.yates.sheets@gmail.com; helo=mail-lf1-f44.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -13 X-Spam_score: -1.4 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no 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:128527 Archived-At: Not sure if this helps. I have a bostr package: https://github.com/jsyjr/bostr which does a Backup On Save To Rcs. It is a straight ripoff from Benjamin Rutt's and Conor Nash's earlier Backup Each Save: https://github.com/conornash/backup-each-save An important bostr virtue is that it does not litter my directories with rcs artifacts. I would dearly loves a vc analog of git-timemachine: https://github.com/emacsmirror/git-timemachine Then, when sitting in a backed-up buffer, I could easily scroll through the previous versions of that file. /john On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 7:55 AM Philip Kaludercic wrote: > > Jean Louis writes: > > > * Philip Kaludercic [2021-03-22 22:48]: > >> 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 am using RCS and to review some previous version I do: `C-x v ~ > > VERSION-NUMBER` then I get full file visible in the buffer. > > My first message was confusing, I mean the user option version-control > that generates numeric backups. My goal would be to review the version > history using C-x v l without having to manually commit anything. > > -- > Philip K. > -- John Yates 505 Tremont St, #803 Boston, MA 02116