Backups
This page goes over the core concepts of how backups work in Reyveld.
What is a Backup?
Modern save managers all utilize simple singleton backups, where save data is compressed and stored in a secure location, separated from each other backup.
However, problems will arise when you have more than a few backups.
It's messy and cluttered.
While descriptive naming and neat organization of backups are helpful, they are still not ideal. Backups tend to act like books on a library shelf; while you could search alphabetically, finding what you need can still be tedious.
So, Reyveld does away with simple ZIP files and operates on the principles of version control instead. While version control is typically used for coding projects and collaborative work-spaces, Reyveld aims to implement it for backups of small files. Version control addresses the issue of organization, while offering more advanced features.
You can think of Version Control like two dimensional undo and redo button, allowing you to roll back or jump forward to any point in history.
Each point in time is known as a Star in Reyveld, representing a moment in time.
A series of these points forms a branch. Every branch can diverge into new timelines, which allow different outcomes to exist at the same time.
A collection of branches is called a Constellation in Reyveld.
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