Re: Changing file format with Tortoise CVS

Craig Weinfuss wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Tortoise CVS is incorrectly guessing that a .pdf file should be text 
> rather than binary. In the documentation it states that whenever you 
> commit a file the Add Dialog box appears from which you can change the 
> format. However, I have found that the only time the Add Dialog box 
> appears is when you try to commit a file with an unrecognizable 
> extension. 
That is simply not true. The Add dialog is shown every single time you 
add a file, regardless of whether the extension is recognized or not.
> Therefore, I have no way of telling Tortoise that I want to commit a 
> .pdf as binary rather than text using the GUI.
>
> So I am now attempting to edit the FileTypes.config file. I have 
> edited the file to read:
>
> *.pdf    binary
>
> I have saved this file in my CVS installation directory (C:\Program 
> Files\TortoiseCVS). I am not sure if this is the correct place to save 
> this file, but I went to CVS > Preferences and this is where it states 
> that my Home directory is located. In any case, I have created this 
> file and saved it in that directory and for some reason it still 
> commits .pdf files as text/ASCII.
Which version of TortoiseCVS are you using?

-Torsten

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