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Re: simple question about binary files
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Derek R. Price |
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Re: simple question about binary files |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:41:44 -0500 |
William Mulvihill wrote:
> to the server, does CVS make a backup of that old file and then add the new
> updated file in as the newest version? Or does it remove the old one and
> replace it with the new one? I believe the case is that it backups the old
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_18.html#SEC162
I've heard rumors that without -mCOPY the RCS diff algorithm will operate
properly on binaries to keep the file size small but I haven't tried it myself
lately and seem to remember running into problems there in the past.
Derek
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