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Subject:Re: tortoiseCVS and FM files From:"Sandy Harris" <sandyinchina -at- gmail -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 1 Feb 2008 18:03:55 +0800
Andrew Warren <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com> wrote:
> Sandy Harris wrote:
>
> > > CVS is designed for line-based computer source code and NOTHING
> > > ELSE; it doesn't work for freeform human-language text,
> >
> > Sure it does. I've used CVS with a large collection of HTML files.
> > It worked just fine.
>
> If you define "work" narrowly enough, then yeah, it'll work...
> It'll store your files, let you retrieve them, and not catch
> fire.
>
> It won't accurately merge and diff, though, so you won't be
> able to use branches or allow multiple authors to work on the
> same files simultaneously.
I was a lone writer and there were no branches, so it worked
for me. The few times I tried a diff, to check what I'd changed,
those worked too, but they were only small changes, rewriting
a paragraph and such.
> I'd argue, though, that there are better tools than CVS for
> archiving your docs and build files.
Certainly CVS is less than ideal. What's better?
> > This should work fine with Frame if you store your files in XML
> > or even MIF.
>
> No, unfortunately it's not even close.
I was guessing based on my HTML experience, but you seem
to actually know, so I certainly won't argue.
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