[darcs-users] `darcs record` leaves emacs backup files in top directory

Jamie Webb j at jmawebb.cjb.net
Tue Apr 5 23:29:56 UTC 2005


On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 06:19:38PM +0200, Albert Reiner wrote:
> I have Emacs set as my editor.  Whenever I enter a long comment while
> recording, a temporary file seems to be created in the top directory
> of the tree, emacs called to edit that, and the temporary file deleted
> after use.  The problem is, of course, that this leaves emacs backup
> files with names like darcsIzlcRT~, darcsTWTLxO~, darcsxMOv3Y~ around.

As a workaround, you can set the backup-enable-predicate suitably in
your .emacs.

> I would have expected those files to go into DARCS_TMPDIR, or maybe
> even into a temporary directory under _darcs that is deleted wholesale
> afterwards (shouldn't darcs keep whatever it needs outside my working
> tree anyway?).  Is there any setting that I am unaware of?

I agree. Backups aside, it's annoying when these files get left around
if darcs is killed.

-- Jamie Webb




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