Re: CVS Add... "Options"

En Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:40:53 -0300, Neal Harder  
<nharder-eXgS6T+qJSL3oGB3hsPCZA-XMD5yJDbdMReXY1tMh2IBg@public.gmane.org> escribió:

> Can anyone tell me what the CVS Add... "Options" do?
> (Right click on new file, select CVS Add..., right click on file in the  
> Add... dialog box, choose Options)
>
> The "Options" listed are:
> Binary Diff
> Compressed
> Unix Line Endings
> Static file

They correspond to the add command -k options [1] which are described here  
[2].

> They sound pretty useful if they do what I think they do, but I can't  
> find any documentation anywhere, including in the user manual, FAQ site,  
> or on this mailing list.  "Static File" is the most mysterious- any  
> ideas what this does?

The 's' mode flag:

"File is never considered modified on the client. A normal commit will  
never commit this file, unless -f is used to force it. Use with care, and  
for files that change infrequently, since local changes will be lost on  
update."

This might be useful for configuration files, but I've never feel the need  
to use this flag until now.

[1] http://www.cvsnt.org/manual/html/add.html
[2] http://www.cvsnt.org/manual/html/Substitution-modes.html

-- 
Gabriel Genellina


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