> No. Not on extension, but based on *regular expressions*, or at least
> shell-style pattern matching expressions. Extensions are too
> simplistic. (c.f. CVSROOT/cvswrappers, CVSROOT/cvsignore)
Extensions would work fine, pattern matching is overkill.
> Yes. Some mechanisms like ~/.mime.types plus ~/.mailcap would be
> desirable. But one more complication would be the version of these
> external programs. Maybe, CVS needs to keep track of which version of
> the tools were used for which file revisions, so as to reliably and
> faithfully reproduce any snapshot.
This is a bit more overkill. Admins should test and make backups before
changing diff/merge programs during production. Even still, most updates in
diff/merge programs would be to fix bugs and would not dramatically change
the program functionality.
Sean.
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