Re: Keyword substitution command options override binary statusfor repository files

[Derek Robert Price]

Mark D. Baushke wrote:

> Dieter Maurer <dieter.maurer@haufe.de> writes:
>  
>
> > I think, it is a well known problem that
> >
> > 1.  binary files are implemented via a keyword substitution mode
> >
> > 2.  keyword substitution command options override the binary status ("-kb") for 
> > repository
> >     files.
> >    
>
> Yes, I believe this is TODO item 216:
>
> | Avoid command-line keyword expansion modes overriding binary mode
> | (or make binary mode completely separate from keyword expansion mode).
>
> I do not object to the concept of the patch you have provided. If you
> provide a patch for documentation and a some test cases for sanity.sh I
> will vote +1 to include this patch on the trunk.
>  

I'd vote +1 on this one too, given the test and doc.  I don't expect it 
would cause any problems and it remains backwards compatible with RCS 
and other CVS repositories.

Derek

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