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

[Daintree <p.d...@pa...>]

I take it that this was the issue with nt cvs - I checked out the cvs=
 to
another linux machine .... no worries with the images for me.

Phil
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Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 11:09 PM
Subject: [Web-erp-developers] CVS binary files .doc, .jpeg, .gif ....=
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> 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
example,
> it might get expanded to:
> $Revision: 1.3 $
> CVS will keep that string up to date as the file is developed. (The
various
> keyword strings are
> documented in Chapters 4 and 11.)
> This string expansion is a very useful feature in text files, becau=
se it
> allows you to see the revision
> number or other information about a file while you=92re editing it.=
 But what
> 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 st=
ring
that
> 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
both
> keyword expansion and
> line-ending conversion. To do so, use -kb:
>
> yarkon$ cvs add -kb filename
> yarkon$ cvs ci -m "added blah" filename
>
>
>
>
>
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