Re: How to treat XML files checked into CVS

[Larry Jones]

Andy writes:
> 
> Is it good practice to add *.xml -kb to cvswrappers so that XML files
> are treated as binary to prevent CVS from trying to merge xml
> documents together?

No.  XML files are text files and should be treated as such to get
correct line endings.  If you really don't want merging, then use
*.xml -m 'COPY' instead, but merging XML usually works just fine.

> I also could see nobody realizing a merge conflict occured in an XML
> document.

That isn't likely since CVS tells you there's a conflict when you update
and won't let you commit the file until you've fixed it.

-Larry Jones

Kicking dust is the only part of this game we really like. -- Calvin