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Re: [h-e-w] emacs backup files under CVS folders
From: |
Jason Rumney |
Subject: |
Re: [h-e-w] emacs backup files under CVS folders |
Date: |
19 Mar 2002 22:19:16 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 |
"Leveille, John" <address@hidden> writes:
> I have a question about emacs backup files. I figured out how to turn off
> backup file creation in emacs, but when I edit files in my CVS-controlled
> folders it still creates backups.
If they are of the format "FILENAME.~VERSION~", then they are not
backup files, they are the files produced by the CVS VC backend to
optimize performance on remote repositories. See the variable
`vc-cvs-stay-local'. If you checkin from inside Emacs, then those
files will be automatically removed. If you always use CVS from
outside of Emacs, then you might as well set vc-cvs-stay-local to nil,
since you are not using any of its benefits.
If they are of the format ".#FILENAME.VERSION", then they are the
files left behind by CVS when commands fail.
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Jason Rumney