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Re: Reviewing versioned backups


From: Philip Kaludercic
Subject: Re: Reviewing versioned backups
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:55:25 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux)

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

> * 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.

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.



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