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Bug 579863 - Add backup files pseudo-VC plugin
Add backup files pseudo-VC plugin
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: meld
Classification: Other
Component: version
git master
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: meld-maint
Stephen Kennedy
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-04-22 18:27 UTC by Vincent Legoll
Modified: 2013-07-03 16:54 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
VC plugin (4.06 KB, patch)
2009-04-22 18:28 UTC, Vincent Legoll 		none Details | Review

Description Vincent Legoll 2009-04-22 18:27:40 UTC 
Comment #3 from Dirk Schenkewitz in bug
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134505

A single directory that contains several versions
in the form of numbered backups

* main.c.~1~, main.c.~2~, ... main.c.~8~
* test.txt, test.txt~
* test2.txt, #test2.txt#
* etc...

Could be viewed as a pseudo VC, here is a
preliminary patch that implements that
feature....
Comment 1 Vincent Legoll 2009-04-22 18:28:34 UTC 
Created attachment 133132 [details] [review]
VC plugin
Comment 2 Vincent Legoll 2009-04-22 18:33:07 UTC 
Only between a non-backup file and one of its associated
backup files, is handled by current patch, but it will
handle multiple versions eventually if VC plugins get
such functionality.
Comment 3 Stephen Kennedy 2009-04-25 14:26:49 UTC 
Nice idea, though as Dirk says most of the functionality could be better handled by allowing dirdiff to compare files with different basenames. (ctrl+click)
Comment 4 Dirk Schenkewitz 2009-05-10 17:33:08 UTC 
Sorry for being late.

Vincent, I looked at the source of your patch for bug 579863, thank you! Alas, I cannot test it, I got hit by bug 168760 (something like UTF/locale confusion) - this renders meld to be unusable for me, from now until I find a workaround.
Comment 5 Kai Willadsen 2013-03-30 02:41:19 UTC 
I think this is a fairly niche use-case, and it doesn't really fit into our UI. I think Stephen was right; we should just make it easier to compare files with different basenames and/or improve the file comparison workflow.