Homepage: https://github.com/lewang/backup-walker
Author: Le Wang
Updated:
Quickly traverse all backups of a file
I never delete backups. They are versioned in their own directory, happy
and safe. My fingers skip to C-x C-s whenever I pause to think about
anything. Even when I'm working with VCS, I save far more often than I
commit.
This package helps me traverse those backups if I'm looking for something.
The typical workflow is:
1) I'm in a buffer and realize I need to check some backups.
M-x backup-walker-start
2) I press to go backwards in history until I see something
interesting. Then I press to bring it up. OOPs this isn't
it, I go back to the backup-walker window and find the right file.
3) I get what I need from the backup, go back to backup-walker, and press
and kill all open backups.
4) the end.
Additionally, note that all the diff-mode facilities are available in the
`backup-walker' buffer.
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