Subject: Re: commit -- watch out for binary files
From: Stephen Hack (shack@uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 07 1999 - 19:33:06 CST
The easiest way to tell CVS that a specific file type is binary, is via the
CVSROOT/cvswrappers
Here's the comment at the beginning of the file
# This file affects handling of files based on their names.
#
# The -t/-f options allow one to treat directories of files
# as a single file, or to transform a file in other ways on
# its way in and out of CVS.
#
# The -m option specifies whether CVS attempts to merge files.
#
# The -k option specifies keyword expansion (e.g. -kb for binary).
#
# Format of wrapper file ($CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvswrappers or .cvswrappers)
#
# wildcard [option value][option value]...
#
# where option is one of
# -f from cvs filter value: path to filter
# -t to cvs filter value: path to filter
# -m update methodology value: MERGE or COPY
# -k expansion mode value: b, o, kkv, &c
#
# and value is a single-quote delimited value.
# For example:
#*.gif -k 'b'
To add png, doc, and what every other type of binary files
*.png -k 'b' -m COPY
*.doc -k 'b' -m COPY
This way, other files (like README) will have the lf's converted.
-shack
On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 04:25:25PM -0800, Paul Rohr wrote:
> You may want to pay more attention than usual to your next CVS checkout.
>
> We've been accumulating a lot of binary files in our CVS archives without
> letting CVS *know* they're binary, by making sure the file got added that
> way in the first place:
>
> cvs add -kb foo.png bar.doc other_binary_file
>
> This means that if you're not on the platform where those files were checked
> in, it'll go through linefeed conversion, producing gibberish.
>
> Thus, I've just performed the necessary CVS magic incantations to let it
> know that all *.doc and *.png files in the following trees are binary:
>
> wv/*
> abi/shots/*
>
> This seems to be working much better for me, but if you want to be paranoid,
> it may be worth archiving a copy of your current view before your next "cvs
> update" in these subtrees. It also may take a bit longer than you're used
> to. :-)
>
> Paul
>
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