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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/files.el | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index c58edd7bcb8..aac11fd6e32 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -2178,7 +2178,7 @@ With 3 \\[universal-argument]'s, marks this version to become a backup when the next save is done, and unconditionally makes the previous version into a backup file. -With argument of 0, never makes the previous version into a backup file. +With argument of 0, never make the previous version into a backup file. If a file's name is FOO, the names of its numbered backup versions are FOO.~i~ for various integers i. A non-numbered backup file is called FOO~. @@ -2194,6 +2194,10 @@ We don't want excessive versions piling up, so there are variables If `delete-old-versions' is nil, system will query user before trimming versions. Otherwise it does it silently. +If `vc-make-backup-files' is nil, which is the default, + no backup files are made for files managed by version control. + (This is because the version control system itself records previous versions.) + See the subroutine `basic-save-buffer' for more information." (interactive "p") (let ((modp (buffer-modified-p)) |