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I think the -k-v option (note different from -kv) keeps it from corrupting the binary files. Matt S. Lehman, Curtis wrote: > >>Is there any way I can prevent the tag being update by the CVS? > >>What I want to do is to compare the source from my own with the > >>original, however with this tag different, almost every file show > >>modified. > >>I am currently using wincvs which location in my personal desktop. > >> > > > > You are not talking about tags at all! > > Tag is a way cvs uses to mark a set of files as connected to each > > other across many revisions. > > What you are talking about is keyword expansion which you should > > switch off during updates and checkouts. There is a switch for this in > > these commands (I am not sure of the exact usage since we never have > > any keywords in our files and so do not need these switches.) > > > > /Bo > > (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden) > > >I think you want to add the -k-v option to your checkout or update. This > >should prevent the keywords from being expanded during checkout or > update. > > Beware, I'm having the same issue on two different projects at where I > work. Below is what I have learned so far. > > One project, I have to release code as a library from one project and > import it on another project. Since I only have a few header files, > use the -kv option on the checkout/update to solve this problem. > > On the other project, I haven't found away around the project. Again > the code is being exported from one project, this time a contract who > is also using CVS and the $id$, and me importing it into my project. > They can't use the -kv option because they have hundreds of files, a > good deal of which are saved as binary files. When you > checkout/update/export using the -kv option on a project it does that > option for all the files, i.e. including the binary ones. The binary > files are getting corrupted because the -kv option causes them to be > tread as text files. > > If you could, please be sure to post any work around you find. It > might help me with my scenario. > > Thanks, > Curt >