> I don't think it is possible, is it? A .odt file is a ZIP file, and even
> though, internally, it contains text, I believe that any CVSish type of
> program would see it as a binary file.
Revision control of binary files carries its set of problems, but is by no
means impossible. As a matter of fact, I expect that most revision control
systems can handle binary files correctly. There are efficiency issues, but
they're not too serious for the kind of use I'm considering. For all
I know, the VCS could store every past revision in its entirety and I'd be
perfectly satisfied.
The only problems come when you need to merge two sets of changes, since
it's the only time when you need to know something about the files you
manipulate in order to do the right thing. So the VCS needs to ask the user
to do the merge with the appropriate tool.
Stefan
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