Re: Reviewing versioned backups

[John Yates]

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 <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
>
> 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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