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

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> Hi Hector,
>
> > When I commit DOS files
> > into the repository I see that the ,v files gets saved in UNIX format.
>
> You should not worry about how file content is stored in the ,v files, because
> this is CVS server internal. SmartCVS always converts the line separators to
> the correct line separator for the repository (\n), just like any other
> correctly working CVS client.
>
> > 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.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Thomas Singer
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> http://www.syntevo.com
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>
> "hectorub" <hurdaneta@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm having trouble committing DOS text files into a UNIX repository. By UNIX
> > repository I mean one that is stored on a UNIX box. When I commit DOS files
> > into the repository I see that the ,v files gets saved in UNIX format. I'm
> > running the smartCVS (professional) client from a Linux machine.
> >
> > My working copy of the repository contains a mix of DOS and UNIX files. Not
> > knowingly, I originally committed all files into the repository with the Text
> > File Encoding in the Repository in ASCII mode. I later on changed the setting
> > to Unicode (UTF-8). Removed the DOS files from the repository and tried
> > committing them once again to the repository. When I look at the ,v file in
> > the repository I still see that the files are stored in the 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?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help
> > Hector Urdaneta
> > Linear Technology Corporation
>