I usually use .bak… .old seems so… old.

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I like adding a backup function to .profile that can take a file or list of files as an argument and make a copy with a date suffix on the file name, and same date additional backups just add a character like ~ at the end. It’s in version control, but if I’m testing a change it’s just faster to restore the file from a copy in the same place.

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      4 months ago

      i so agree. i have a script that copies all file arguments into the directory .backups/YYYY-mm-DD-HHMM/ … handy for risky git operations too.