By default, every time you save, a backup will be made of your file. There is a
way to prevent FileHamster from backing up each time, which is outlined here.
In this section, however, we will cover methods of setting FileHamster to clean
up the Library automatically.
The options for auto-cleaning are found under "options" in the right-click menu
for a Library, Watch, or File listed in the Watch Tree.
MaxRevisions
A good practice is to limit the number of revisions you will keep per file. It is
unlikely that if you save 100 times, you will want to keep all 100 revisions.
Turning this on to a value such as 10 means that only the 10 most recent saves
will be preserved. 0 (zero) is the default value, meaning all revisions will be
stored.
PreserveTimeSpan
This option tells FileHamstesr the amount of time to keep a particular revision.
When that timespan has been exceeded and a new revision gets made,
FileHamster will automatically delete that revision.
Protecting Revisions
Both these methods of automatically cleaning out unwanted revisions are great,
but are insufficient by themselves. A method of protecting important revisions is
necessary. We do this by allowing users to "Protect" revisions. This is explained
in more detail here.
