Re: vc-cvs-make-version-backups-p

[Kevin Rodgers]

weber wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I couldn't find a way for Emacs not to make backups for files recently
> checked out of the server.
> Inspecting a little bit, it seems that 'vc-cvs-make-version-backups-p'
> doesn't depend on any user configuration.
> This function is called by 'vc-before-save' which ends up doing a
> backup.
> Anyone knows why is this so?

From vc-cvs.el:

(defalias 'vc-cvs-make-version-backups-p 'vc-stay-local-p
  "Return non-nil if version backups should be made for FILE.")

So, read up on vc-stay-local-p (the function), then customize 
vc-cvs-stay-local or vc-stay-local (the variables).  E.g.

(setq vc-cvs-stay-local '(except "mycvsserver"))

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA