write-region and version-control

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From: Jamie Zawinski
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 1990 21:42

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I think it's wrong that if you use write-region or write-file, and the file 
in question already exists, no backup copy is made.  At least it should be
an option.
		-- Jamie

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From: jwz@LUCID.COM (Jamie Zawinski)
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Subject: write-region and version-control
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