Re: tortoisecvs corrupted my pdf-files!!!

[Larry Jones]

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Martin_J=F8rgensen?= writes:
> 
> Damn... I came to think of something... Could the real problem be that I 
> have commited the files from a command prompt and the default is ascii???

Perhaps.  The file type is set when you first add the file, not when you
commit.

> I've never used cvs admin -kb and cvs update -A... Perhaps I'm going to 
> learn it the hard way now :-)

Please.  I strongly suggest reading at least parts of the manual:

        <http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.21/cvs.html>

If you're actually using CVSNT, you'll need to find its manual since
parts of it are radically different from regular CVS.

> Question: Why not commit *all* files as binary files, even those that 
> are ascii files?

Because CVS is primarily a *source* control system and you want source
files to be in the correct format for the system you're currently
working on, not the system where they were originally created.

> Is there a way to set default as binary files, from 
> command prompt?

You can use the cvswrappers file to do that, although it's not a good
idea unless you really have no interest whatsoever in supporting
multiple platforms.  See the previously mentioned manual for details.

-Larry Jones

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