[cvsnt] Repo/Module setup suggestions and how to use CVS for web development question?

Torsten Martinsen torsten at tiscali.dk
Fri May 9 22:26:53 BST 2003


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Bo Berglund wrote:

>Binary files
>Ooops! This may cause you some problems because binary files are not
>mergeable and so if two developers simultaneously edits such files
>then the work of one will be lost! Here you really need some kind of
>locking, which is not the stronghold of CVS. Search the archives for
>'reserved edits' and you can read a lot about it.
>
Shameless plug: When using TortoiseCVS as the (only) client, exclusive 
locking of binary files happens transparently.

-Torsten



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