From 5e166af1586d9ee67b8c38eb04f474fb953d10c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Harbaugh <rob@rharbaugh.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:39:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] removing file backups

---
 init.el  | 4 ++++
 init.el~ | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 init.el~

diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 7120b5b..40d29a0 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 (setq display-line-numbers-type 'relative)
 (global-display-line-numbers-mode)
 
+;;disable file backups
+(setq make-backup-files nil)
+(setq create-lockfiles nil)
+
 ;;set up package management
 (require 'package)
 
diff --git a/init.el~ b/init.el~
deleted file mode 100644
index c18ea1d..0000000
--- a/init.el~
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-;;stop prompting when opening symlinked files (this is nice because my emacs config is symlinked)
-(setq find-file-visit-truename t)
-(setq vc-follow-symlinks t)