Re: CVS and ^M

[Larry Jones]

David Koski writes [in one very long line]:
> 
> I ran into the same thing.  We edit the source files on WinXX and the
> repository is on a Linux server.  The ^M of course is generated by the
> WinXX based editor.  The problem we had is every modification triggered
> a diff of the entire file.  That was resolved only by mounting the
> directory with the sandbox in binary mode in cygwin.  cvs is not adding
> the ^M, the WinXX/DOS editor is or cygwin is in text mode.

Don't mount the sandbox on the server, use WinCVS in client/server mode.

-Larry Jones

I like maxims that don't encourage behavior modification. -- Calvin