emacs does not create backups of files inside a git repository. I would like to have them saved, since I often rely on them for undoing some changes before committing my changes to the git repo.
I was using xemacs until recently, and it would always create the usual *~
files at first save. But emacs doesn't do it if working inside a git project: it makes the usual backup files, when working outside the project, but not the ones inside a git repo.
I tried the following in my .emacs
file without success:
(setq make-backup-files t)
(setq backup-inhibited nil)
I have looked at the doc here:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Making-Backups.html
and in the section about backup-inhibited
it seems as if emacs checks each time if the file is controlled by a control version system, and in case it is, it wouldn't create the backup file. This check might be the one preventing the creation of the desired backup file. Is there a way to change this behavior?
As seen here
if your files are under version control, then
vc-checkin
setsbackup-inhibited
tot
.
It also mentions completion-ignored-extensions
, but check first if you have that module activated, as in this thread: the lisp/vc.el
.
That module does include:
;; (unless vc-make-backup-files
;; (make-local-variable 'backup-inhibited)
;; (setq backup-inhibited t))
Setting vc-make-backup-files
could help.
The "Backup Files" chapter does explain:
For files managed by a version control system (see Version Control), the variable
vc-make-backup-files
determines whether to make backup files.
By default it isnil
, since backup files are redundant when you store all the previous versions in a version control system
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