Save and back up
One button keeps every version of your work safe. Here is what it does and when to press it.
Save & Back up is the most important button in Kaeru. Pressing it does two things:
- Saves a version of your whole project, on your computer, with a short note about what changed.
- Backs that version up to your online copy, so it is safe even if your computer is lost.
Behind the scenes this is what developers call a commit and push. You do not need to know that. You need to know that once you press it, that version of your work exists forever and you can always come back to it.
When to press it
- After Kaeru makes a change you are happy with
- Before you try something risky ("redesign the whole homepage")
- At the end of a work session
There is no such thing as saving too often. Every save is a point you can return to.
The note
Kaeru writes the note for you, describing what changed. You can edit it before saving if you want to say it your way.
Your online copy
The first time you save, Kaeru sets up your online backup. It lives in your own account on GitHub, a service developers use to keep code safe. You never have to visit it, but it is yours, and you can take it anywhere.
Set aside instead
Not ready to save, but need to switch to something else? Use Set aside to park unfinished work without saving a version of it.