backup-walker

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 <p> to go backwards in history until I see something
     interesting.  Then I press <enter> 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
     <q> 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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