Before FB2P was released I would have recommended SCCTEXTX as it did address 
all the shortcomings of the VFP supplied SCCTEXT tool.  But FB2P works 
brilliantly, has tools to add it to Explorer's Send To menu, and seamlessly 
handles two way conversions of VFP binaries. Highly recommended as John Dvorak 
used to say in PCMag... 

I've also started playing with PEx and Git for the same reasons as you; getting 
out of VSS. I can't speak to the preservation of SCC history in terms of a 
migration but the general integration of PEx with Git works in a manner very 
similar to the native Project Explorer SCC integration. Getting that initial 
dump into Git and in general getting comfortable with Git is my biggest hurdle 
so far. But I'm determined to make the migration in 2019.

--

rk

-----Original Message-----
From: ProfoxTech <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson
Sent: Friday, January 4, 2019 4:25 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: VSS to git conversion

Fletcher,

We used the default SCCTEXT.PRG is what creates the VCA and SCA files stored in 
VSS next to the binary files. However, attempting to DIFF that did not always 
work out well. VFP would move some records around when editing a method. It 
would look like a big chunk of the form or class library had been removed from 
higher up, and then added back in down below. Which is actually the case, since 
that code is stored in a memo field. Change a memo field.
The old value is still in the FPT until it's packed out. The new value is added 
to the end.

I understand the FoxBin2PRG fixes that problem. It also enables just the text 
version to be stored in the source control because it can be turned back in to 
a binary file. 


Thank you,
Tracy



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