I have a small problem that would seem to be easy to solve, but I am having trouble doing so. Using CVS/WinCVS, a file was added as binary that should not have been added. I want to correct this and add it as a normal type, but whenever I remove the existing file through WinCVS, and try to re-add using the Add command, it adds it back in as binary.
I was told by another developer that if I intend to add it back in with the same name, I am out of luck. Unfortunately I can't simply add the same file with a new name, as this is a .resx file generated by Visual Studio for C# internationalization.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Kyle
As far as I know, the difference between binary and text files, as far as CVS is concerned, is keyword subsitution; you can see this by running cvs log -h
and looking for the "keyword substitution:
" line. You should be able to use cvs admin
to change it, probably something like cvs admin -kv filename
. (This applies to the command-line tool; I haven't used WinCVS
.)