How are you maintaining different versions of .NIB files?
Manuel Alberto Ricart
I was wondering if any of you are using a source control system - If you are,
how are you dealing with .NIB files, it seems a waste of time and disk space to
maintain separate versions of the NIB files, just in case you might what to
compile an old version of the software... [IB should have a TEXT file exporting
format for this purpose!!!- Even if trade secret, such format would allow to
use one of the available rcs on the little buggers!]
Alberto
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Paul Eggert
>RCS 5.5 in conjuction with GNU diff might do the trick. I think 5.5
>will handle binary files. Can anyone using 5.5 confirm this?
Yes. For details, please see the current ``SCCS vs. RCS'' thread in
comp.unix.programmer.
Michael D Mellinger
In article <1991Oct1.0...@parsec.uucp> alb...@parsec.uucp (Manuel Alberto Ricart) writes:
I was wondering if any of you are using a source control system -
If you are, how are you dealing with .NIB files, it seems a waste
of time and disk space to maintain separate versions of the NIB
files, just in case you might what to compile an old version of the
software... [IB should have a TEXT file exporting format for this
purpose!!!- Even if trade secret, such format would allow to use
one of the available rcs on the little buggers!]
RCS 5.5 in conjuction with GNU diff might do the trick. I think 5.5
will handle binary files. Can anyone using 5.5 confirm this?
-Mike
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Michael Rutman
Alberto Ricart) writes:
>
> I was wondering if any of you are using a source control system - If you are,
> how are you dealing with .NIB files, it seems a waste of time and disk space
to
> maintain separate versions of the NIB files, just in case you might what to
> compile an old version of the software... [IB should have a TEXT file
exporting
> format for this purpose!!!- Even if trade secret, such format would allow to
> use one of the available rcs on the little buggers!]
You could always uuencode it and store it that way. Not the most attractive
way and would probably take up more space than just saving it normal. We,
however, simply mark an X on the whiteboard next to the nib files we have
checked out and circle them when we are done with it. Works great for 2 person
teams.
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Booker C. Bense
(Manuel Alberto Ricart) writes:
>
>you are, how are you dealing with .NIB files, it seems a waste of time
>and disk space to maintain separate versions of the NIB files, just in
>case you might what to compile an old version of the software...
>
- Cheese flavored: Use uuencode to asciify your files and store them
with the old rcs.
- Non-Cheese flavored: Get the newest versions of diff and rcs from
the gnu sources. You might not need diff, but the latest version of
rcs supports binary files. You'll need rcs 5.5 or later.
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