From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Reviewing versioned backups Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 23:25:08 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87a6qvat9v.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26091"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.6 (2021-03-06) 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 Mon Mar 22 21:28:39 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 1lORAF-0006dr-6v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 21:28:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43256 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lORAE-0000Q4-3v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:28:38 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33382) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lOR9T-0000Pt-Lh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:27:51 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:43655) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lOR9N-00013w-MC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:27:51 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.202.241.53]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000001E079.000000006058FDBC.0000099F; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:27:40 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Philip Kaludercic , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87a6qvat9v.fsf@posteo.net> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.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_PASS=-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:128508 Archived-At: * 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. 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