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One of my favorites is creating a separate backup dir where all backup "~" files are created and versioned and rotated in and out etc at specific intervals, so

One of my favorites is creating a separate backup dir where all backup "~" files are created and versioned and rotated in and out etc at specific intervals, so I no longer get the random files in the dir I'm working in but can still go find backups if I mess something up. (setq backup-by-copying t backup-directory-alist '((".*" . "~/.emacs.d/bu/")) delete-old-versions t kept-new-versions 6 kept-old-versions 2 version-control t)

yoloClin 7y ago
I already use this in my shrc files: alias ls='ls --hide="lost+found" --hide="#*" --hide="*~" --hide="*.pyc" --hide="*.egg-info" --hide="__pycache__" --color=auto' But I'll be adding your item into my config for the rotated versioning, I wasn't aware that emacs does that but I assume it'll save me anything from few hours to a few weeks yearly. Thanks!
- arminiusreturns 7y ago
  If you like it check out this and see if you like anything else: https://sanemacs.com/sanemacs https://sanemacs.com/sanemacs or https://www.sandeepnambiar.com/my-minimal-emacs-setup/ https://www.sandeepnambiar.com/my-minimal-emacs-setup/