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I'm pleased to report that after turning off backups and auto-save files over a decade ago, nothing bad has ever happened.
by jrockway 3y ago
I'm pleased to report that after turning off backups and auto-save files over a decade ago, nothing bad has ever happened.
- pama 3y agoI like backups as a reminder that some file is not under version control.
- a-french-anon 3y agoI just put them in a central place, personally: (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms '((".*" "~/.emacs.d/autosave/" t))) (setq backup-directory-alist '(("" . "~/.emacs.d/backup")))
- Scarbutt 3y agoI'm pleased to report that it has save my ass two or three times.
- ajross 3y agoDitto. It's rare, but I've had situations where I've e.g. "git reset --hard" in the wrong directory or otherwise clobbered editted context, and the fact that the editor leaves a side channel to recover from is really helpful. I'd be terrified to turn this off, and in practice none of the tools I use have trouble with these files, so I don't see the advantage.
- tmtvl 3y agoI have on one occasion deleted a config file that I would have to completely rewrite if I didn't have my Emacs backups. That said, I keep them under $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/emacs/backups, so I don't have to worry about littering.