Re: CVS and Jar files: Should you import Jar into the Repository? Why or why not

[Noel Yap]

--- "Greg A. Woods" <address@hidden> wrote:
> It also depends a _GREAT_ deal on what the file
> contains.  Jar files do
> not contain easily diff-able and patch-able text and
> therefore are not
> appropriate for storage in CVS.

Is this really true?  Has anyone tried javap'ing the
contents of a jar file, then diff'ing and patch'ing
that, then recreating the jar file (I'm not sure how
this final step would be done if it's even possible)?

Noel

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