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Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS
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Rob Helmer |
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Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS |
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Thu, 14 Feb 2002 10:08:48 -0800 |
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 09:05:29PM -0600, Pierre Asselin wrote:
> Rob Helmer <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >Why do so many on the list poo-poo using binaries in CVS?
>
> Here's an excerpt from my cvswrappers:
> *.bmp -k 'b'
> *.ico -k 'b'
> *.lib -k 'b'
>
> So I do put binaries in CVS, mostly when I don't have a better place
> to put them. They tend not to change much. But .doc files? yuk.
Ok, I think I see your point : for binaries that change on a very
regular basis, your CVS repository will quickly fill up with big
files that represent minor changes; you are probably better off
making backup copies by hand for important changes ( or using the
internal versioning system ).
However, I must admit that I do use .xls files in a database module,
they represent the base data from the customer before it gets converted
to SQL ( although we are switching to .xml, and should then be able
to just store XML and do the conversion to SQL at runtime ).
Also, we have a web-based document management system that CVS. It primarily
stores .html files, but is also home to requirements documents ( which
are in the native MS Word format ). These documents do not change
very often, however, and if a new version is checked in then it should
be displayed prominently ( I have a loginfo script that takes the commit
message and displays the filename and the commit msg on the front page ).
Thanks,
Rob Helmer
- using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Datla, Raghav, 2002/02/11
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Mike Pumford, 2002/02/11
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Matt Riechers, 2002/02/11
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Janning Vygen, 2002/02/11
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- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Pierre Asselin, 2002/02/11
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Rob Helmer, 2002/02/12
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- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Pierre Asselin, 2002/02/12
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS,
Rob Helmer <=
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Eric Siegerman, 2002/02/14
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Rob Helmer, 2002/02/14
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Eric Siegerman, 2002/02/14
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, David Martin, 2002/02/15
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Rob Helmer, 2002/02/15
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Mike Pumford, 2002/02/15
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Paul Sander, 2002/02/15
- Re: using files with .xls and .doc in CVS, Larry Jones, 2002/02/15