WHo knew that backup-directory-alist didn't accept ~ characters?

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Howard Abrams 2022-03-03 15:18:56 -08:00
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As [[https://philjackson.github.io//emacs/backups/2022/01/31/keeping-backups-of-every-edited-file/][Phil Jackson]] mentioned, Emacs has a lot of file backup strategy, and either change the [[help:backup-directory-alist][backup-directory-alist]] to put individual file backups elsewhere, e.g. As [[https://philjackson.github.io//emacs/backups/2022/01/31/keeping-backups-of-every-edited-file/][Phil Jackson]] mentioned, Emacs has a lot of file backup strategy, and either change the [[help:backup-directory-alist][backup-directory-alist]] to put individual file backups elsewhere, e.g.
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle no #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . "~/.backups"))) (setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . ,(concat user-emacs-directory "backups"))))
#+END_SRC #+END_SRC
Or leave them in the current directory, but create an alias to =ls= to normally not see them, e.g. Or leave them in the current directory, but create an alias to =ls= to normally not see them, e.g.