Re: Subversion 0.7 released.

Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:

> Speaking as a user: I would like at least a mode, ideally the default
> behavior, to be that no file undergoes any sort of conversion - no
> newlines, no keywords, no nuthin' - unless explicitly marked for that
> conversion. Don't mess around with heuristics.

One last comment: the binary heuristic is necessary to *prevent* the
munging of working copy data. If Subversion doesn't see a 'binary'
property attached to a file, it will attempt to run 'diff' and 'patch'
when merging changes during an update. If it sees the 'binary'
property, then it simply places the two files side-by-side: one from
the repository, and the one with your local mods.

(Of course, the binary property can be flipped on and off like any
other property.)

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Received on Sat Oct 21 14:36:51 2006