scripts-blender/addons/incremental_autosave/CHANGELOG.MD

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+## 1.0.0 - 2023-07-06 
+ 
+## DOCUMENTED
+- Initial release

scripts-blender/addons/incremental_autosave/README.md

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+# Incremental Autosave
+
+This add-on was written to address some shortcomings of Blender's default Autosave functionality.
+
+### Blender's Shortcomings:
+- Blender on Linux by default autosaves to /tmp/, which gets nuked on PC restart. So if your PC crashes, your autosaves are gone. 
+- This forces you to customize your autosave filepath. But if you do that, and then move your preferences to another OS, the filepath will become invalid and autosaving will cease.
+- One autosave per file. If you take a break for a few minutes, you can't return to the state from before your break.
+- If you just want to go back to a version more than a few minutes old, you simply can't.
+- No autosave for files that weren't saved yet.
+- No autosave when switching files.
+
+### This Add-on's Features:
+- Separate filepaths for each OS. Eg., when you're on Linux, you can see and specify a Linux filepath, and when you're on Windows, you can set a separate Windows filepath without overwriting the Linux one.
+- Even if your path is invalid, it will still save in the default OS temp folder.
+- Incremental autosave per file. Eg., if you configure 30 max saves per file at 3 mins/save, you can go back in 3 minute intervals by up to 90 minutes.
+- You can configure it however you want, including infinite saves every minute, if you don't mind a manual cleanup once in a while.
+- Autosaves when opening another file while current one is dirty.
+- Autosaves files that were never saved as "Unnamed.blend".
+
+### Installation
+Place the `incremental_autosave` folder into your Blender addons folder. If you need help finding this folder, you can ask ChatGPT for it.

scripts-blender/addons/incremental_autosave/__init__.py

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+bl_info = {
+    "name": "Incremental Autosave",
+    "author": "Demeter Dzadik",
+    "version": (1, 0, 0),
+    "blender": (2, 80, 0),
+    "location": "blender",
+    "description": "Autosaves in a way where subsequent autosaves don't overwrite previous ones",
+    "category": "System",
+}
+
+import bpy
+from bpy.props import BoolProperty, IntProperty, StringProperty
+from bpy.app.handlers import persistent
+from datetime import datetime
+import os, platform, tempfile
+
+# Timestamp format for prefixing autosave file names.
+TIME_FMT_STR = '%Y_%M_%d_%H-%M-%S'
+
+# Timestamp of when Blender is launched. Used to avoid creating an autosave when opening Blender.
+LAUNCH_TIME = datetime.now()
+
+def get_addon_prefs():
+    user_preferences = bpy.context.preferences
+    return user_preferences.addons[__name__].preferences
+
+class IncrementalAutoSavePreferences(bpy.types.AddonPreferences):
+    bl_idname = __name__
+
+    save_before_close : BoolProperty(name='Save Before File Open',
+                    description='Save the current file before opening another file',
+                    default=True)
+    save_interval : IntProperty(name='Save Interval (Minutes)',
+                    description="Number of minutes between each save. (As long as the add-on is enabled, it always auto-saves, since that's all the add-on does)",
+                    default=5, min=1, max=120, soft_max=30)
+
+    use_native_autosave_path: BoolProperty(
+        name = "Use Native Autosave Path",
+        description = "If True, use the autosave path that's part of the regular Blender preferences. If you use the add-on's autosave path, it is a per-OS path, so if you have multiple workstations with multiple operating systems, the add-on can have a separate (and functional) filepath for each of them",
+        default = True
+    )
+    autosave_path_linux : StringProperty(name='Autosave Path (Linux)',
+                    description='Path to auto save files into',
+                    subtype='FILE_PATH',
+                    default='')
+    autosave_path_windows : StringProperty(name='Autosave Path (Windows)',
+                    description='Path to auto save files into',
+                    subtype='FILE_PATH',
+                    default='')
+    autosave_path_mac : StringProperty(name='Autosave Path (Mac)',
+                    description='Path to auto save files into',
+                    subtype='FILE_PATH',
+                    default='')
+
+    @property
+    def autosave_path_naive(self):
+        """Return the autosave path that the user wishes existed."""
+        if self.use_native_autosave_path:
+            return bpy.context.preferences.filepaths.temporary_directory
+        system = platform.system()
+        if system == "Windows":
+            return self.autosave_path_windows
+        elif system == "Linux":
+            return self.autosave_path_linux
+        elif system == "Darwin":
+            return self.autosave_path_mac
+
+    @property
+    def autosave_path(self):
+        """Return an autosave path that will always actually exist, no matter how desperate."""
+        path = self.autosave_path_naive
+        if path and os.path.exists(path):
+            return path
+
+        if bpy.data.filepath:
+            return os.path.dirname(bpy.data.filepath)
+
+        sys_temp = tempfile.gettempdir()
+        return sys_temp
+
+    max_save_files : bpy.props.IntProperty(name='Max Save Files',
+                    description='Maximum number of copies to save, 0 means unlimited',
+                    default=10, min=0, max=100)
+    compress_files : bpy.props.BoolProperty(name='Compress Files',
+                    description='Save backups with compression enabled',
+                    default=True)
+
+    def draw(self, context):
+        layout = self.layout.column()
+        layout.use_property_decorate = False
+        layout.use_property_split = True
+
+        layout.prop(context.preferences.filepaths, 'use_auto_save_temporary_files', text="Enable Native Autosave")
+        if not context.preferences.filepaths.use_auto_save_temporary_files:
+            layout.label(text=" "*40+ "While the built-in autosave is redundant with the add-on, ")
+            layout.label(text=" "*40+"disabling it could be bad in case the add-on gets disabled.")
+
+        layout.prop(self, 'use_native_autosave_path')
+        if bpy.data.filepath == '':
+            par = os.getcwd()
+        else:
+            par = None
+        abs_path = bpy.path.abspath(self.autosave_path_naive, start=par)
+
+        path_row = layout.row()
+        if not os.path.exists(abs_path):
+            path_row.alert = True
+        if self.use_native_autosave_path:
+            path_row.prop(context.preferences.filepaths, 'temporary_directory', text="Native Autosave Path")
+        else:
+            system = platform.system()
+            if system == "Windows":
+                path_row.prop(self, 'autosave_path_windows')
+            elif system == "Linux":
+                path_row.prop(self, 'autosave_path_linux')
+            elif system == "Darwin":
+                path_row.prop(self, 'autosave_path_mac')
+
+        if path_row.alert:
+            split = layout.split(factor=0.4)
+            split.row()
+            split.label(text='Path not found: '+abs_path, icon='ERROR')
+            fallback_split = layout.split(factor=0.4)
+            fallback_split.row()
+            fallback_split.label(text="Fallback path: " + self.autosave_path)
+
+        layout.separator()
+
+        layout.prop(self,'save_interval')
+        layout.prop(self,'max_save_files')
+        layout.prop(self,'compress_files')
+
+def save_file():
+    addon_prefs = get_addon_prefs()
+
+    basename = bpy.data.filepath
+    if basename == '':
+        basename = 'Unnamed.blend'
+    else:
+        basename = bpy.path.basename(basename)
+
+    try:
+        save_dir = bpy.path.abspath(addon_prefs.autosave_path)
+        if not os.path.isdir(save_dir):
+            os.mkdir(save_dir)
+    except:
+        print("Incremental Autosave: Error creating auto save directory.")
+        return
+
+    # Delete old files, to limit the number of saves.
+    if addon_prefs.max_save_files > 0:
+        try:
+            # As we prefix saved blends with a timestamp,
+            # `sorted()` puts the oldest prefix at the start of the list.
+            # This should be quicker than getting system timestamps for each file.
+            otherfiles = sorted([name for name in os.listdir(save_dir) if name.endswith(basename)])
+            if len(otherfiles) >= addon_prefs.max_save_files:
+                while len(otherfiles) >= addon_prefs.max_save_files:
+                    old_file = os.path.join(save_dir,otherfiles[0])
+                    os.remove(old_file)
+                    otherfiles.pop(0)
+        except:
+            print("Incremental Autosave: Unable to remove old files.")
+
+    # Save the copy.
+    time = datetime.now()
+    filename = time.strftime(TIME_FMT_STR) + '_' + basename
+    backup_file = os.path.join(save_dir,filename)
+    try:
+        bpy.ops.wm.save_as_mainfile(filepath=backup_file, copy=True,
+                                        compress=addon_prefs.compress_files)
+        print("Incremental Autosave: Saved file: ", backup_file)
+    except:
+        print('Incremental Autosave: Error auto saving file.')
+
+@persistent
+def save_before_close(_dummy=None):
+    # is_dirty means there are changes that haven't been saved to disk
+    if bpy.data.is_dirty and get_addon_prefs().save_before_close:
+        save_file()
+
+def create_autosave():
+    now = datetime.now()
+    delta = now-LAUNCH_TIME
+    if delta.seconds < 5:
+        return get_addon_prefs().save_interval * 60
+
+    if bpy.data.is_dirty:
+        save_file()
+    return get_addon_prefs().save_interval * 60
+
+@persistent
+def register_autosave_timer(_dummy=None):
+    bpy.app.timers.register(create_autosave)
+
+def register():
+    bpy.utils.register_class(IncrementalAutoSavePreferences)
+    bpy.app.timers.register(create_autosave)
+    bpy.app.handlers.load_pre.append(save_before_close)
+    bpy.app.handlers.load_post.append(register_autosave_timer)
+
+def unregister():
+    save_before_close()
+    bpy.app.handlers.load_pre.remove(save_before_close)
+    bpy.app.handlers.load_post.remove(register_autosave_timer)
+    bpy.app.timers.unregister(create_autosave)
+    bpy.utils.unregister_class(IncrementalAutoSavePreferences)