Re: Diffing XML files or storing binary documents

Hi Felix,

OOo documents under svn sound very interesting!

> Yep we store open office files in subversion. We just check in the
> *.sx* file and hope for the best. The only tricky thing is when you
> have a conflict. You have to open one of the files in OO and select the
> compare documents menu option. The merging interface of OO is a
> little tricky to follow so stay alert when merging.

Do you do merges often? How often do you get conflicts and is svn an
effective way to allow a document to be edited by different users in
parallel?

Also, where can you get the FlatXMLFilter ? My debian distribution doesn't
seem to include it.

> It would be cool if OO could have the compare command started from the
> command line so that the merge could be started by your subversion client.

Cheers,

Roger

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