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Ability to export the whole version history #311

Closed eug48 closed 10 years ago

eug48 commented 12 years ago

To be able to make a backup of the pad (in case the hosting site goes down for example), it'd be very useful to be able to export the history into a version control system. For example, there could be an export option to a mercurial bundle or the git equivalent. This can also come in useful for other reasons - e.g. ability to do a "blame" search to see who added a particular line.

Thanks for you work & efforts!

redhog commented 12 years ago

This shouldn't be too hard, as long as the export can be in the internal changeset format. You could even provide a way to import this easily, creating a new pad instance (copy w history).

eug48 commented 12 years ago

oh yeah, import would allow for some interesting use cases too, though it means creators can alter/fake the history..