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Re: Issues retaining a DOS' file encoding when committing it into a UNIX repository

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> Or, um, commit them in binary mode?

That is possible, but IMHO the worst choice, because then you will have no
merging any more (and the repository might grow much faster).

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Thomas Singer
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Mike Ralphson <mike.ralphson@...> wrote:

> 2009/3/23 syntevo Support <smartcvs@...>:
> >> When I commit DOS files
> >> into the repository I see that the ,v files gets saved in UNIX format.
> >> So in short, what do I need to do to ensure that DOS text files get
> >> committed into a UNIX repository from a UNIX client in its original
> >> DOS format, and that when I retrieve it on a UNIX OS, its DOS
> >>format is preserved?
> >
> > You only can define what line separator to use for your whole project
> > (Project|Settings, Text File Options). You can't define that on a per-file
> > base using CVS. If you need that, then you should use (Smart)SVN or set the
> > correct line separators locally using a script.
>
> Or, um, commit them in binary mode?
>
> Mike


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