Your abject ignorance is pardoned :-) uuencoding and uudecoding won't help anything since CVS diffs and merges on a line-by-line basis. Doing this with a uuencoded file will likely give you garbage. IOW, the diff/merge problem has nothing to do with a file's textness.
Noel --- "EXT-Corcoran, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > pardon my abject ignorance on all of this... > > But could you use uuencode and uudecode? The deltas > may be *HUGE* but it > might be worth a lookit. > > --@@ > ~ > DavidC > > "The real truth of the matter is, and you and I > know, that a financial > element in the large centers has owned the > government of the U.S. since the > days of Andrew Jackson. History depicts Andrew > Jackson as the last truly > honorable and incorruptible American president." > ~ President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, November 23, > 1933 in a letter to > Colonel Edward Mandell House > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthias Kienle > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 12:04 AM > > To: Greg A. Woods > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: reserved checkout > > > > > > > [ On Thursday, January 31, 2002 at 10:34:52 > (+0100), Matthias Kienle > > > wrote: ] > > > > Subject: reserved checkout > > > > > > > > What do I wrong? > > > > > > Don't use reserved checkouts with CVS -- CVS is > the > > "Concurrent Versions > > > System"! > > > > > > > I know cvs is a concurrent version system, but a > new > > requirement comes up in > > our department to use in future only one version > system. The > > other version > > system administrated binary files like word, excel > and > > powerpoint. CVS (and > > other version systems too) can not merge binary > files after > > more than one edit > > from several editors of the same version. The > other version > > system can do > > reserved checkouts but it runs on a windows server > and has no > > command line. > > > > In a first test we used the editors and watcher > function of > > cvs, but the test > > shows us it is not enough. I must often merge by > hand two > > versions and I can > > say I hate it. > > > > I am a linuxer and I would hate it to explain my > manager that > > cvs does not > > support reserved checkouts for binary files. I > control all > > web pages, server > > configuartions and the total source code in a cvs > repository. > > I love my command > > line for cvs and I love my CVS. > > > > I know I am sitting between two chairs. > > > > Matthias > > > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
