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* doc/emacs/files.texi (Backup Copying): Recommend
'backup-by-copying' for files on file-hosting services.  (Bug#69930)
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@ -779,6 +779,12 @@ operations typically break hard links, disconnecting the file name you
visited from any alternate names for the same file. This has nothing
to do with Emacs---the version control system does it.
Some file storage services support @dfn{file versioning}: they
record history of previous versions of files, and allow reverting to
those previous versions. If you want to be able to do that with files
hosted by those services when editing them with Emacs, customize
@code{backup-by-copying} to a non-@code{nil} value.
@node Customize Save
@subsection Customizing Saving of Files