[cvsnt] Binary with Keywords

Ian Epperson Ian at axiomdesign.com
Tue Aug 26 23:55:41 BST 2003


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I've got a dilemma.  One of the graphical programming environments we are
forced to use generate text files.  (Crestron's SIMPL Windows - custom
environment for their custom hardware - sigh.)  We've used the fact that
it's text to our advantage in that in some of the graphical fields, we put
in CVS keywords - and it works.

However, because of the way the file is built (actually, a half-ass
database) - indexing gets completely hosed when going through a merge.  The
file ends up being unusable.  I've been toying around with writing a script
to run before and after a merge to fix this, but haven't gotten there yet.

So, I was wondering, is it possible to tell CVSNT that a file is binary, but
with keyword expansion enabled?  My old version (1.11.1.3 - 57j) doesn't
allow this, does the newer version?

Also, if I do build a script to handle this issue, is there some way to have
it automatically run on the client or server for just this file type before
and after a merge?  Perhaps have it run for every commit (keeping the
mergable version in CVS) then re-translating it to a useful version after
updates and merges?

Thanks.
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