Re: Binary files

[Gianni Mariani]

anamika mathur wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>           What all things we should keep in mind
> while using binary files in cvs?
> 1> if a file has been added in the repository
> directory
> without using import -kb option. How can we stop the
> keyword subsitution and canonical endings in these
> files?
read up on 'cvs admin'

A choice example in the cvs "info" page.

  If a file accidentally gets added without `-kb', one can use the
`cvs admin' command to recover.  For example:

    $ echo '$Id$' > kotest
    $ cvs add -m"A test file" kotest
    $ cvs ci -m"First checkin; contains a keyword" kotest
    $ cvs admin -kb kotest
    $ cvs update -A kotest
    # For non-unix systems:
    # Copy in a good copy of the file from outside CVS
    $ cvs commit -m "make it binary" kotest
 

> 2> if we have imported a binary file using kb
> option.Is it enough or we need to do something more?
You can't share these files like you do mergable text files.  If two 
people modify these
at the same time you'll get conflicts.  You can use cvs watch to help 
manage this but
it's proably overkill in many situations.

> With Warm Regards,
> Anamika
>
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