RE: Merging different types of files

[Reinstein, Shlomo]

Hi,

I don't see how the cvswrappers file can help me, because for the *same*
files I would like to see a different behavior, depending on the command.
When I check-out/check-in source files, I would like the keyword
substitutions to take place, e.g., I would like $Revision$ to be expanded to
the version of the file.
When I merge source files (in branches), I would like to avoid the keyword
substitutions so that I don't get "false conflicts" about the keywords.

Is there a solution for this? Is there a simple utility that eliminates the
"false conflicts" generated by the keyword substitution?

I read that I can determine a filter to work on each file based on its name
when the file is checked-out or checked-in, however, the manual also says
that these options are not available when you work in a client/server model.
(We currently don't use client/server, but we'll do so soon.)

Thanks,
Shlomo

-----Original Message-----
From: John Minnihan [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 8:57 PM
To: address@hidden
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Merging different types of files


Define the file handling in cvswrappers, such that the expansion mode is
appropriately applied on a per file basis rather than wholesale via a
command
line switch.

This technique is discussed in many places (probably this list archive for
starters).

address@hidden wrote:

> and in general we're interested in the keyword substitution feature for
the
> text files. However, the binary files are stored in the repository with
the
> "-kb" option, to prevent the keyword substitution and the line-ending
> conversions from taking place.
>
> What is the right way to merge such a project?

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