[cvsnt] Re: one simple question about binary type

[Glen Starrett]

Rick wrote:
> one simple question, i know cvs means concurrent version system and it was 
> made to work with text files (source code) ,but can i have a word or 
> powerpoint file in a repository and work with this kind of files two or more 
> people at time and then commit it? or cvs just work for plain text files?

The trouble with that is that binary files can't be automatically 
merged.  I'm not sure if the new Office XML formats would help out, but 
it might be worth checking out.

OTOH, if you want to have someone manually merge the files later, you 
can branch the binary file then have someone open both and copy/paste 
over the updates from one into the HEAD version.  It's still a manual 
process, but all the versions are tracked.


-- 
Glen Starrett