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Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS
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Steve Greenland |
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Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS |
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Mon, 11 Feb 2002 18:08:49 -0600 |
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On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 07:45:58PM +0100, Janning Vygen wrote:
>
> Why shouldn't i do it?? I usually manage lots of images and icons
> with CVS. Whats wrong with it?
How do you resolve the conflicts when two people work on the same image
at the same time?
That's a semi-rhetorical question -- you, Janning, have obviously
figured out something that works for you. But that's the basic problem
with binary (non-mergable) files -- there's no way to deal with
non-sequential edits, which is CVSs forte. Such files are better dealt
with in a locking non-concurrent system. Or such is the party line -- I
suspect a lot of people on the list keep a small number of such files
in CVS, because it's better than nothing (you can at least keep track
of linear revisions), and setting up a second, non-compatable VCS for 3
files is a non-starter. We put them in, and we make it damn clear that
for these particular files, CVS is a simple bookkeeping system, and
exactly one (1) person is to edit those files.
But I worry about them, and try to minimize such files.
Steve
- using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Datla, Raghav, 2002/02/11
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Mike Pumford, 2002/02/11
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Matt Riechers, 2002/02/11
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Janning Vygen, 2002/02/11
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS,
Steve Greenland <=
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- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Pierre Asselin, 2002/02/11
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Rob Helmer, 2002/02/12
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- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Pierre Asselin, 2002/02/12
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Rob Helmer, 2002/02/14
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Eric Siegerman, 2002/02/14
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Rob Helmer, 2002/02/14
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Eric Siegerman, 2002/02/14
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, David Martin, 2002/02/15
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Rob Helmer, 2002/02/15
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Mike Pumford, 2002/02/15