Re: Versioning word documents

2007/3/29, Andy Levy <andy.levy@gmail.com>:
>
> Subversion treats binaries and test files the same to begin with, as
> far as diffing is concerned and the repository will not grow by the
> full file size on each commit.
>
> Apply an svn:mime-type of application/msword to all your Word files as
> an extra precaution.
>
> If you use TortoiseSVN, it comes with a script which will let you view
> the differences between 2 versions using Word's built-in capabilities.
>
> Is Word's XML format even plain XML, or is it zipped (thus requiring
> it be handled as a binary anyway) like OpenOffice?
>
So there are workarounds for the diffing part?
Great! Still I prefer plain old text.

Thank you Andy for the info :)
>

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