emacs: Keep file backups in separate directory

2023-08-13 22:59:40 +02:00 · 2023-08-13 22:59:40 +02:00 · 59ba867d51
commit 59ba867d51
parent 90dfa3bdf8
2 changed files with 2 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+/backups/
 /tree-sitter/
 /var/
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  (setq show-trailing-whitespace t)

  (setq backup-by-copying t)
+  (setq backup-directory-alist '(("." . "~/.emacs.d/backups")))

  (set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8)
  (set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8)