[ On Tuesday, March 5, 2002 at 22:01:01 (GMT), Richard Caley wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: CVS and Jar files: Should you import Jar into the Repository? Why or
>why not
>
> If your only reason for using CVS is to get diffs, then you will think
> differently, but I would guess most people want versioning first and
> diffs as a bonus.
Versioning _is_ diffs! There's no point to keeping every revision of
every file unless you can calculate a _meaningful_ delta between them!
Not even if your storage scheme is to keep each revision of the whole
file as a unique object.
CVS really Really REALLY MUST use text-based diff deltas to work even
marginally succussfully, partly because it uses RCS, and partly because
it practically (and by design) forces you to allow concurrent edits and
thus forces you to do merges with 'patch'.
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