RE: how to checkin binary files

[Frederic Brehm]

At 08:59 AM 4/23/2004, Gurpreet Singh (SCM) wrote:
> I have observed that code get from a branch is taking lot of time if
> compared to that involved in from the Main tree.


CVS uses the rcs file format to store files in the repository. The 
doc/RCSFILES document in the CVS source tree describes how rcs stores 
versions. Basically, the head of the trunk is stored whole. Previous 
versions are stored as backward deltas from the head. Branch versions are 
stored as forward deltas from the branch point.

The RCSFILES document contains the following:

> One common concern about the RCS file format is the fact that to get
> the head of a branch, one must apply deltas from the head of the trunk
> to the branchpoint, and then from the branchpoint to the head of the
> branch.

Fred

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