RE: cvswrappers file

[Jim.Hyslop]

Peter Sotos wrote:
> I had a few questions on the cvswrappers file:
> 1) There are 3 files in the CVSROOT directory called cvswrappers
>       o cvswrappers
>       o .#cvswrappers
>       o cvswrappers,v
> Which is the correct file for me to place my settings in?
I don't know offhand what the .#cvswrappers file is, and the ,v file is the
repository file. Eventually, your changes should go into the cvswrappers
file.

You want to check out CVSROOT into a different directory, modify
cvswrappers, then check it back in. Don't modify the cvswrappers file
directly from the repository, because if anyone else checks in changes, your
changes will be lost.


> 2) I noticed in the example placed in the comments of the 
> cvswrappers file
> that it talked about setting the keyword expansion mode to 'b':
> *.gif -k 'b'
> But it doesn't mention setting the merge method. Isn't this 
> important when
> specifying that a file is binary? So wouldn't a more correct 
> example be:
> *.gif -k 'b' -m COPY

COPY is assumed when -k is used; see
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.15/cvs_18.html#SEC164

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Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)