I use subversion to remotely participate in a project with gigs of
frequently-changing files that never affect me, mostly images and
localizations.
Subversion would be perfect for me if only svn checkout had a sticky
--exclude option analagous to the current working of sparse
directories. N
Initially I just wanted keyword substitution inside a .xltm file. But
really, Office 2007 documents are just zip files, and that got me
thinking that the problem is more general.
Many of the best features of subversion only operate on text.
Unfortunately, there are tons of compound document
Certainly not. Nor do you have to subscribe to post. As a non-subscriber your
post will be moderated but if you are patient it will be approved through
fairly quickly (says I as one of the moderators).
And indeed, I started this thread without subscribing. But I still
can't find a way to
I've been using subversion in a lighthearted way for a couple of years,
recommending it to clients, sending a little money to Tigris now and
then. It works very well for most of what I need it for. But I have
one big problem that I can't resolve.
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