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Re: Comparing CVS and SourceSafe (was RE: query)
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Donald Sharp |
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Re: Comparing CVS and SourceSafe (was RE: query) |
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Tue, 31 Jul 2001 15:23:59 -0400 |
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On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 12:54:10PM -0500, Beachey, Kendric wrote:
<snip>
>
> 3. Database format
>
> SourceSafe uses a proprietary, undocumented database format to store the
> repository, and provides a couple of rudimentary tools you can use to try
> and fix the database if something goes wrong.
>
> CVS does everything in plain text, so if you need to fix it, you can tell
> how (maybe with a little lookup in the documentation, which reminds me...).
>
I'd be carefull about saying that you can fix this. A corrupted ,v
generally not saveable. I've had plenty of times where
I know a ,v file is corrupted in one of the versions. There
is nothing I can do to retrieve that lost data. Yes good backups
are key but with cvs's mechanism of looking at data, corrupted
files can exist for a long time before you discover that it has
become corrupted. Months/Years can go by...
donald