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WM: Support opening backup .blend files via drag-drop
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Authored by Pablo Vazquez (pablovazquez) on Aug 16 2022, 1:04 PM.

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Add support for opening Blender backup .blend files (.blend1, .blend2, etc) by dropping them into the window, just like regular .blend files.

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rB Blender
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arcpatch-D15700 (branched from master)
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Buildable 23982
Build 23982: arc lint + arc unit

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Pablo Vazquez (pablovazquez) requested review of this revision.Aug 16 2022, 1:04 PM
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Pablo Vazquez (pablovazquez) retitled this revision from WM: Support opening backup files (.blend1) via drag-drop to WM: Support opening backup files via drag-drop.Aug 16 2022, 1:09 PM
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Pablo Vazquez (pablovazquez) retitled this revision from WM: Support opening backup files via drag-drop to WM: Support opening backup .blend files via drag-drop.
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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Sep 13 2022, 4:27 PM
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Hi,
Thanks for this feature but please add a warning to the popup.
I thought the lack of support was by design and I kind of approved it. At least I think it's less dangerous than what this video shows.

On Linux (and probably Windows too) there is no way to have Blender's backup files hidden in your file browser, and Blender doesn't let you customize their extension to make that possible or simply include a character that hides the file by default. On Linux either a dot . at the start or a tilde ~ at the end of the name will make the file hidden in most file browsers, which btw is what other programs like Krita do with their backup files.

Because of that I sometimes surprise myself unintentionally dragging a backup file when I want to drag the latest save. Fortunately Blender hasn't let me do that so far. If it does without a warning I'm in for some trouble and I may not be the only one.