<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>BBEdit has a feature to auto-create backup files. I just tripped over this, it seems like a great thing that I'd like to figure out how to do with Textmate.<br></div><div><br></div><div>This is from BBedit 9's release notes:<br></div><div><br></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">The options and behavior for backing up files at save have changed, as follows:<br></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:1.5em;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:1.5em;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:circle;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:12px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:12px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;">"Make backup before saving" is now a global preference only, and is no longer controlled per file. The "Make Backup when Saving" and "Make Backup Now" options have been removed from the File menu.<br></p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:12px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:12px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;">The settings controlling backup location (in the Text Files prefs) have been removed. Backups are always made to a specific location, as follows:<br></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:1.5em;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:1.5em;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:12px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:circle;"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:12px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:12px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;">If "Keep historical backups" is turned on, backups are kept in<span> </span><code style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.5em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:"andale mono", "monotype.com", "lucida console", monospace;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;">~/Documents/BBEdit Backups/</code>. Within that folder is one folder for each day's backups. The format of the dated folder name is static and non-localized:<span> </span><code style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.5em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:"andale mono", "monotype.com", "lucida console", monospace;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;">YYYY-MM-DD</code>. Inside of each day's backup folder will be all of the backups made on that day, each named using the 8.7.x timestamp format.<br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:12px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;">If you want the backups to live somewhere else, lay down a folder alias named "BBEdit Backups" in<span> </span><code style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.5em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:"andale mono", "monotype.com", "lucida console", monospace;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;">~/Documents/</code><span> </span>and BBEdit will follow the alias.<br></p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:12px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:12px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;">If "Keep historical backups" is turned<span> </span><i style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:italic;font-size:12px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;">off</i>, BBEdit makes only a single backup, located in the same directory as the original, so "backup creep" is a thing of the past. The backup is named according to current OS conventions (which themselves follow the old Emacs convention): the backup file is named as the original file, with a tilde appended: "<code style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.5em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:"andale mono", "monotype.com", "lucida console", monospace;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;">foo.html~</code>" is the backup of "<code style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.5em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:"andale mono", "monotype.com", "lucida console", monospace;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;">foo.html</code>".<br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:12px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;">If you want the backup to have the same file name extension as the original, turn on the "Preserve file name extension" in the Text Files prefs. This will cause BBEdit to place the tilde after the "base" name of the file: "<code style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.5em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:"andale mono", "monotype.com", "lucida console", monospace;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;">foo~.html</code>".<br></p></li></ul></li></ul><div>Is there already support for anything similar to this somewhere? A bundle maybe? It'd be a save-hook, obviously.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div id="sig39065985"><div>--<br></div><div>Marc Wilson<br></div><div><a href="mailto:posguy99@gmail.com">posguy99@gmail.com</a><br></div></div><div><br></div></body></html>