Simple file versioning (fixes #218)

osutil/hidden_unix.go

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+// +build !windows
+
+package osutil
+
+func HideFile(path string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func ShowFile(path string) error {
+	return nil
+}

osutil/hidden_windows.go

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+// +build windows
+
+package osutil
+
+import "syscall"
+
+func HideFile(path string) error {
+	p, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	attrs, err := syscall.GetFileAttributes(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	attrs |= syscall.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN
+	return syscall.SetFileAttributes(p, attrs)
+}
+
+func ShowFile(path string) error {
+	p, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	attrs, err := syscall.GetFileAttributes(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	attrs &^= syscall.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN
+	return syscall.SetFileAttributes(p, attrs)
+}

osutil/osutil.go

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+package osutil
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+func Rename(from, to string) error {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		os.Chmod(to, 0666) // Make sure the file is user writeable
+		err := os.Remove(to)
+		if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(from) // Don't leave a dangling temp file in case of rename error
+	return os.Rename(from, to)
+}