Re: [Feature request] org-backup

[Dan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com>]

Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Dan!
>
> I already do this, but sometimes the files are spread around *many*
> directories. I.e, the model of having everything in a
> version-controlled directory is unpractical, so that's why I think it
> would be useful.

A couple of possibilities:

A git repo doesn't have to be limited to a single directory. You could
have a git repo in your home directory, and git add org files, wherever
they may be located using a command something like
find . -type f -name '*.org' -exec git add '{}' \;

You could use symlinks where posible, so that your org files are all in
one directory, and project directories contain symlinks to those org
files.

Dan

>
> Marcelo.
>
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Dan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> Although I try to keep all my org files inside a ~/org directory, I
>>> often find myself creating org files outside of this directory
>>> context, for example, as a bucket for a new project I'm working on, to
>>> keep notes, todos, etc.
>>>
>>> It'd be nice if we had a org-backup function that would fetch all
>>> files from the agenda + linked files and create a compressed backup of
>>> them. What do you think?
>>
>> Hi Marcelo,
>>
>> I think backing up text files is a job for other tools; not emacs. I'd
>> recommend using a version control tool such as git for this.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Marcelo.
>>>
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