Optionally flag or checkpoint an autobackup file with a suffix

[bitcity]

This is a feature request:

Is it possible to add a keyboard shortcut that would flag the autobackups file name with a suffix (a tiny comment) when saving the file. Over the course of a day, I end up with a couple dozen timestamped backups. Sometimes while editing, I immediately want to take a peek at a file I saved 20 minutes or 2 hours ago. If I had saved it with a flag/suffix, I can easily identify that.

The flag could be fixed e.g. _checkpoint or a user prompted string. The resulting autobackups directory would look like this :

mycode_09063.py
mycode_09073.py
mycode_11054.py
mycode_11172_removed_big_feature.py        <- checkpoint / tag
mycode_12031.py
mycode_14300.py
mycode_15712_added_cool_stuff.py           <- checkpoint / tag
mycode_16003.py

[noameppel]

An alternative solution is to use inline comments in your code and include a version number which would work similar to your checkpoints.

/*
* myfile.php
* Version 1.5
*/

If you want to create a checkpoint, just bump up the version number.

[bitcity]

These are micro changes over the course of a day. Putting version numbers defeats the purpose of automation.

[thecotne]

@bitcity why not use git ?

[bitcity]

@thecotne Think of it as temporary micro-git. I want the commits to be automatic (in the background) and I don't want the history polluting the repository. Autobackups already solves most of this, just need to tag some of the saves every once in a while.