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From: Nick Bell <mail@nickbell.org>
Subject: Re: Re: Preventing (or mitigating) accidental deletion in	org-mode
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PT wrote:
> Nick Bell <mail <at> nickbell.org> writes:
>> Org-mode is great and I'd like to commit to it. However, I'm held back
>> by the  apparent fragility of  data stored in org-files.  For example,
>> it's easy to delete entire folded  trees of data with just a couple of
>> keystrokes or a mouse click.
> This shouldn't be a big problem, because you have automatic
> backup of your org and other files, right?

Yes, I have, but I'd like something a bit better.

I'm trying to write a little function using before-save-hook to compare 
the current buffer to the saved version and output the result of 
diffstat, asking the user whether they want to go ahead with the save or 
view the full diff. Or has someone done something like this before?

I suppose one could do this with some kind of before-change- type 
function if feeling particularly paranoid.

-- 
Nick Bell