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From: | Eric Gorr |
Subject: | Re: CVS corrupts binary files ... |
Date: | Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:03:34 -0400 |
At 4:02 PM -0400 6/17/04, Greg A. Woods wrote:
People just need to learn to use the right tool for the job and to quit being so bloody narrow minded when it comes to learning about new tools.
First, I do not claim to have anything resembling expert (or even mediocre) knowledge in the usage of CVS - but I do use it for simple tasks.
I have no problem using/learning new tools. I'd personally love to be able to use VooDoo for version control, but there are two problems:
1. It's not free 2. There is no standalone client for it 3. There is no windows version#1 is, of course, a very compelling reason to use any piece of software that works. Can you point to an alternative to CVS that is also free?
There is one thing that I simply don't understand with respect to CVS and Binary Files.
Why would it not work well to use a CVS Wrapper to binhex (uuencode, etc.) a binary file and then essentially have CVS to only see your file as a text file?
It's pretty obvious to everyone that merge features of CVS will not work with binary files and should not be attempted.
However, diff & patch should work on a binhex'd file. Of course, the storage would be rather inefficient - probably requiring the storage of the entire file on every checkin....but then, disk space is cheap these days.
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