Is it a proven thing that CVS can corrupt a binary file if no merges are tried and no CR/LF boundary rules are broken? In other words, if I set -kb on a binary file and then do nothing to it but commit updates and sometimes request an old revision, keeping my sandbox in the OS in which it was checked out, could I ever get a bad result?
This discussion of binary files has gone on a long time, but either I missed the answer to this, or I never saw it stated. If Greg Woods is reading this, you implied it once in a rather angry message. I welcome the proof, preferably without the anger. <smile> On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 05:10:58PM -0700, Paul Sander wrote: > >--- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Adrian Constantin writes: > >> > >> Or maybe projects for Unix/Linux platforms do not > >> usualy have binary files, but I don't really think so... > > >CVS is a *source* control system; source files are rarely binary. > > I disagree with this statement. Source files are any files that cannot > be reproduced automatically. That is, changes must be made to them > manually using some editor, and that editor need not be the likes of > vi or emacs. MS Word (or Frame Maker) documents, images of various > formats, and documents from various design tools (e.g. GUI builders) > are common examples. > > >It > >does support them as an afterthought, but that's not what it was > >designed to do. > > While this may be true, it turns out that CVS' design can accomodate > such files. Support can be added with a relatively small amount of > effort, which was demonstrated circa Sept. 18, 2001 in this forum in > the form of a patch of the then-current release. All that's needed is > a pluggable diff/merge tool based on the type of data. > > And before someone rehashes the old "you can't replace diff without > breaking RCS" argument, remember that I'm not recommending replacing > the algorithm that computes the deltas. This is strictly a UI thing > in the top layer that is well outside the back-end design. > > >--- End of forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs -- Doug Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dlee.org Bartimaeus Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bartsite.com "It is not the mountain in the distance which makes you want to stop walking; but the grain of sand in your shoe." --Anon _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
