[Web-erp-developers] CVS binary files .doc, .jpeg, .gif .....

[Stins, D. <DR...@Zi...>]

BlankDear all,

Please add binary files to cvs conform the instructions below.

with best regards,
Dick Stins

CVS will expand on each commit to include the revision number. For exampl=
e,
it might get expanded to:
$Revision: 1.3 $
CVS will keep that string up to date as the file is developed. (The vario=
us
keyword strings are
documented in Chapters 4 and 11.)
This string expansion is a very useful feature in text files, because it
allows you to see the revision
number or other information about a file while you=92re editing it. But w=
hat
if the file is a JPEG image
(with a .JPG extension)? Or a compiled executable program? In those kinds=
 of
files, CVS could do
some serious damage if it blundered around expanding any keyword string t=
hat
it encountered. In a
binary, such strings can even appear by coincidence.
Therefore, when you add a binary file, you have to tell CVS to turn off b=
oth
keyword expansion and
line-ending conversion. To do so, use -kb:

yarkon$ cvs add -kb filename
yarkon$ cvs ci -m "added blah" filename