Re: setting default file types

[Mark E. Hamilton]

address@hidden wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a certain file extension that is binary (*.class), but the
> developers keep forgetting and check it in without specifying that.
> This results in a lot of heartache.  I have been asked if it is
> possible to change the default file type for this extension (*.class)
> to be binary.

At last, an easy question.

Check out the ${CVSROOT}/CVSROOT/cvswrappers file. Read the comments at 
the head of the file, and then add a line like this:

*.class -k 'b'

Commit it, and all *.class files will henceforth be marked as binary.

Note that I don't know if the cvswrappers file is checked when the 
binary files are added or when they are committed, so if you've got some 
added files in a working directory you might have to remove and re-add 
them before committing them.

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Mark E. Hamilton
Orion International Technologies, Inc.
Sandia National Laboratory, NM.
505-844-7666