Re: Reviewing versioned backups

[Philip Kaludercic]

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> This is interesting, but doesn't ~git~ fit my use-case, as I don't
>> always use Git as my VCS and I use a lot of unversioned files.
>
> You could still use Git/Magit it but it would need some setup.  You
> could, for example, instruct `backup-directory-alist' to assign backups
> a special directory, make it a Git repository, and instruct Emacs to
> commit each new backup automatically.

But this wouldn't give me a direct overview of all backup versions, it
would just version the backups. What I am looking for is making use of
versioned backups, that can easily be reviewed. I was wondering for the
longest time why there is no interface for versioned backups.

> I guess you might be able to use VC instead of Magit and your VCS
> instead of Git to get something similar.
>
> Michael.

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        Philip K.