From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Reviewing versioned backups
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 23:25:08 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YFj9JFB1KUpmYxpN@protected.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a6qvat9v.fsf@posteo.net>
* Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> [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.
After that you can use `M-x diff-buffer RET` to see differences.
Doesn't the menu item Tools -> Version Control provide enough
functionality for you?
Jean
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-22 20:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-22 19:21 Reviewing versioned backups Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-22 20:25 ` Jean Louis [this message]
2021-03-23 8:38 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-03-23 9:31 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-23 9:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-23 10:19 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-23 11:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-23 15:49 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-03-23 9:56 ` Thibaut Verron
2021-03-23 11:55 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-23 12:36 ` John Yates
2021-03-23 12:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-24 8:47 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-24 11:05 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-24 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-26 5:50 ` Robert Thorpe
2021-03-28 0:38 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-03-28 9:23 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-30 0:36 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-03-30 9:29 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-30 9:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-30 10:03 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-30 10:16 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-30 23:41 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-03-31 1:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-31 6:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-31 13:29 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-31 14:00 ` Jean Louis
2021-04-01 15:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-01 19:44 ` Philip Kaludercic
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