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Re: Massive cvs migration
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Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Massive cvs migration |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:28:58 -0400 |
Wurdock, Tom writes:
>
> If a text file is added as binary, there is no negative consequence as
> far as the file being mangled, correct? We would just have extra data,
> no?
That depends on your definition of "mangled" and "extra data". :-)
Since you're on Windows, adding a text file as binary will include the
<CR> at the end of each line as part of the contents of the line rather
than treating it as part of the line separator like it should. Changing
the file to non-binary with cvs admin does not fix that. Thus, when you
check the file out, you'll have an "extra" <CR> at the end of each line
(i.e., each line will end with <CR><CR><LF> instead of just <CR><LF>).
That can be innocuous or a serious problem depending on what you want to
do with the file -- some things don't mind, other things get terribly
confused.
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Larry Jones
Don't you hate it when your boogers freeze? -- Calvin