Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup should have MUCH simpler defaults

[moparisthebest]

Hello Jeff,

In this particular case, it's a matter of using the right tool for the
right job.  If you want to store previous versions of text files and be
able to go back and view history easily, you want version control.  I
recommend git or mercurial.

Have a good one!

On 02/19/2014 07:28 PM, sunfun wrote:
> Just spent an hour unsuccessfully testing rdiff-backup with an obvious
> and EXTREMELY simple task...
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> Create a text file. Save it. Run rdiff-backup. Modify the text file.
> Save it. Run rdiff-backup. Look at the two versions with a text editor.
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> I used the --no-compression argument, but can't seem to find a way to
> avoid the the restoration process of the .diff version files, and just
> keep the versioned text files as text files!
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> Am i missing somenthing, or do i have to go through a restore process
> to to even take a peek at the text in two versions of a text file?
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> many thanks for all the work put in on the rdiff-backup project!
> Jeff
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