I'm well aware of the comparison limitation. At this point, it's not important enough to require the extra hoops to convert to/from text for binary type files. If I really need to do that, I can extract both versions and run those out to text for comparison if I need to see what changed.
Fred On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Fernando D. Bozzo <fdbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2014-08-11 22:01 GMT+02:00 Fred Taylor <fbtay...@gmail.com>: > > > I'm using TortoiseSVN, but I'm not using any conversion tools on binary > > files to text.(.SCX,.SCT/.VCX,.VCT/etc) I'm also not using SVN within > the > > VFP IDE, strictly from Windows Explorer. > > > > Fred > > > > > Hi Fred: > > One of the most important features SCM gives to developers is the > possibility to compare the file history to see what have changed between 2 > points in history. This way, looking for a bad change is really simple, > because you go back in time from changeset to change ste seeing the > differences, even sometimes without the need of debugging. > > How do you do this comparison? Because with just the VFP binaries you > can't, and can't merge neither, so in this scenario just "storage" and > versioning is possible... > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJCBkspAz9HcdHUbQTW8UDX--G5cD6qCt8WqQjFT5cGGFp=x...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.