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Re: [PATCH] cvsserver: Make always-binary mode a config file option

From
Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 28, 2007, 11:36 UTC
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<46a038f90702280336k6d368b8aj88ce8d3d822b1789@mail.gmail.com>
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<200702271345.09341.andyparkins@gmail.com>
On 2/28/07, Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> wrote:
> The config option gitcvs.allbinary may be set to force all entries to
> get the -kb flag.
Hi Andy,

I am a bit confused here... why would we want to do this? We don't want to support keyword expansion, and that happens at the server end anyway. CVS clients are pretty dumb and will just write out the file we give them. When we are going to diff, they send the file to the server, and the server runs the diff. Etc. No smarts at the client end that care about -k options.

Or are you trying to control newline mangling on Windows/Mac clients? I'm not even sure where that mangling happens. If that's the case, a repo-wide toggle is useless, you really want the per-file-type rules you mention.

dazed and confused...
martin
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Message 5 of 17 in “git-cvsserver and binary files”
  1. Andy ParkinsFeb 22, 2007
  2. Added "-kb" to all the entries lines sent to the clientAndy Parkins, Feb 22, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2007
  4. cvsserver: Make always-binary mode a config file optionAndy Parkins, Feb 27, 2007
  5. Martin LanghoffFeb 28, 2007
  6. Andy ParkinsFeb 28, 2007
  7. Martin LanghoffFeb 28, 2007
  8. Andy ParkinsMar 1, 2007
  9. Martin LanghoffMar 1, 2007
  10. Andy ParkinsMar 1, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2007
  14. Andy ParkinsMar 1, 2007
  15. Karl HasselströmMar 1, 2007
  16. cvsserver: Make always-binary mode a config file optionAndy Parkins, Feb 27, 2007
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2007

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