Re: backup-by-copying-when-linked

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > I have to admit, I consider this default behaviour pretty rude.
>> In other circumstances, the other behavior is pretty rude as well.
> While I consider the default Emacs behaviour to be appropriate, it is
> possible to detect that a file has hardlinks and warn if you're saving to
> such a file.

Warning might be a good feature and even a good default, indeed, since both
options can be quite rude: sometimes the links are really there because
you really want to keep those N places equal, and other times the links
should only be there as long as the N files are equal.


        Stefan