RE: How well does CVS handle other types of data?

[Paul Sander]

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>[ On Friday, July 13, 2001 at 00:13:15 (-0700), Paul Sander wrote: ]
>> Subject: RE: How well does CVS handle other types of data?
>>
>> Whenever a merge is required, check if the -kb keyword expansion flag
>> is applicable.  If it is (via command line, .cvsrc, or RCS file, in that
>> order), use an alternate merge method as described below.  Otherwise,
>> retain existing behavior.

>Although all well and nice for a very narrow range of applications, I
>suspect if your proposal were implemented verbatim then all you'd end up
>with is more confusion, uncertainty, and doubt.  The frequency of
>incorrect "merges" would vastly outnumber the correct ones.

How so?  By giving the hint as stated in the proposal, the user has
specified the desired result.  Whether the desired result is the same
as the correct result is another question, also answerable only by the
user.  But at least CVS didn't mangle his sources as it would today.

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