HEhexmode·Apr 15, 2020
Yes.
Though, I would say, you should really look at something like https://github.com/ryuslash/git-auto-commit-mode so your directories don't get cluttered with save files.
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ryuslash / git-auto-commit-mode
git-auto-commit-mode
Automatically commit to git after each save
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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3 sourcesWith git-auto-commit [0], you can define a hook that commits and pushes to a private repo every time you save your note. Set this up after a HDD crash wiped out 6 months worth of notes.
[0] https://github.com/ryuslash/git-auto-commit-mode
In Ask HN: Best solutions for keeping a personal log?I do the emacs-config-in-org as well. I also have it auto-compile using a snippet I found on github[1]. Additionally I have git-auto-commit-mode[2] enabled for my emacs config org file, so any time I save the file, it compiles to init.el and then commits those changes automatically. I periodically push to master when I remember.
[1] https://github.com/larstvei/dot-emacs/blob/master/init.org#m...
[2] https://github.com/ryuslash/git-auto-commit-mode
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