On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Caius Durling <[email protected]> wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 29 Jun 2009, at 15:17, Francis Fish wrote: > > > Finally worked this out. I use emacs and it keeps old versions of > > the files with handy ~1~, ~2~ extensions. For some reason these were > > being loaded instead of the main file. I have a little shell alias > > that purges these backup files and things start working if I run it. > > > I've always wondered why text editors do this. If I want to keep the > history of a file I'll use a source control, if not then don't litter > my filesystem with "cruft". > > Guess its a throwback to times before a simple `git init` created a > repo for you right? :) > > *sometimes*, very occasionally, it helps. Maybe once a year. Useful when editing config files too. But you're right about the other 99.9999%. I read somewhere there's an ubuntu util that creates a git repo for your /etc area and updates using a daemon whenever a file is changed, but not had a chance to check it - that would make it worth turning the option off. I still have it turned on because it's a habit from my 20 years' coding. Probably *does* need a rethink. What do other people think? Thanks and regards, Francis Follow me on twitter https://twitter.com/fjfish Blog at http://www.francisfish.com (you can also buy my books from there!) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
