[Qgis-user] Saving a polygon in QGis before to edit it

[didier peeters]

Hello,

I would like to find the best solution to the following case:

in QGis, when editing a polygon (splitting it in 2 parts) I need to save the original shape, in order to keep the different steps of its evolution; this operation is likely to be repeated several times.  The solution I found is to 
start by copying the polygon, 
then edit it (split) 
then pasting back the original one, 
then adjust and update the attributes of the 2 new polygons.  

Is there a less tricky way to achieve this ?  

If not it would be nice to have an option in the save dialog (with a default behaviour set in the Settings), and I would file a feature request.  

Didier
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