Re: file type exported (unix/pc)

[Mike Ayers]

pootle monster wrote:

> When I update my files I find that the files that get to me are in PC 
> format not unix
>
> I know its a minor problem, but its still bugging me
> I dont know whether this is an artefact of CVS or tortoise
>
> Is there an option so that I can choose Unix files?

	It is neither a problem nor an artifact - CVS is giving you text files in the 
Windows format on a Windows machine - what else would you expect?

	The problem is that you want them in a different format.  I don't know about 
TortoiseCVS, but WinCVS (www.cvsgui.org) permits checkout of text files with 
Unix line endings.  I do *not* know if it will properly check *in* those files 
after modification.  You can also use Cygwin, which has Unix line ends as the 
default in its CVS client.

	*DANGER, WILL ROBINSON, DANGER!*  Be *very* careful which tools you use on 
these files before checking them back in, as most tools will convert the line 
endings to Windows style.  If you use Cygwin, it is best to write a little 
checkin script that runs dos2unix on text files before checkin.


/|/|ike