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Re: What do you Hate about Subversion?

From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-02-02 03:07:53 CET

Duncan Murdoch wrote:

> There are lots of tools to convert files.

There are lots of ways to keep unchanged copies of files.

> I don't want svn to become
> one of those, except to the minimal extent possible.

The value of a revision control system is that it can show you the
changes between versions. If it thinks every line changed every time
you touch a file because you had to 'convert' with some other tool to
make normal text, you've reduced it to the equivalent of a backup system.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell@gmail.com
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