Re: Works on command line, but not in Explorer

At 3:14 PM +1100 11/7/11, Arthur Barrett wrote:
>Daniel,
>
>>  >
>>  >Don't.
>>
>>  Why?
>
>The authors of CVSNT, telling you not to.
>
>The reasons are long and complex and related to the integrity of the
>final result.  If the files are checked out with CR/LF endings (ie: on
>windows) then CVSNT expects them to go back with CR/LF endings.
>Depending on the version of CVSNT you are using, and how badly those
>line endings get messed up, you can lose your revision history.

That's a pretty nasty bug; thanks for the tip.

>So don't is my advice.
>
>>  This is for Linux compilation, using Windows GUI tools which can
>>  handle Linux line endings, so the LF/CRLF format doesn't matter to me.
>>
>>  It would be tedious and error-prone for me to have to edit on the
>>  Windows box, check in my changes, update on the Linux box, and only
>>  then try compiling.
>>
>
>I recommend you learn vi ;) 
>
>Seriously though, what's wrong with checkout on linux, use the windows
>gui tools (if you must) and checkin on linux?  I guess you are wanting
>to use the graphical diff and revision graph on windows?

Yup: that's the point behind all this.

>  > But, why does everything work on the Windows command line using the
>>  TortoiseCVS-installed CVSNT and TortoisePlink, but not when done
>>  through TortoiseCVS's tools in Windows Explorer?
>
>If you uninstall TortoiseCVS and CVSNT, then install CVS Suite 2009 R2
>Trial - you'll probably find it works, and if not there is a whole
>pre-sales support team to assist you solve the problem.

OK, I'll consider that.


Thanks,
Dan

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