[darcs-users] boringfile and binary problem

[Jonathon Mah]

On 2005-09-16, at 08:05, Josh Hoyt wrote:

> We have a script that generates .pyc files from .py files. We ran  
> it on the root of the repository, which also compiled the .py files  
> in _darcs/current! The script compiled those files before it  
> compiled the working directory, so the .pyc files in the working  
> copy had newer timestamps. When the files were examined, darcs saw  
> that they are binary and so created the binary patches.
>
> In short, the moral of the story is that one must always be careful  
> about running programs that may affect the _darcs directory,  
> especially the pristine copy.
>

Yes, I ran into the problem a couple of days ago, when using  
Dreamweaver (not my choice!) to update web pages based on a template.  
The only way I got around it was moving _darcs out of the root  
directory, updating, and then moving it back, and doing a 'darcs  
repair' to fix the pristine tree when it got mangled. Next time I'll  
stick the site one level down...


Jonathon Mah
me at JonathonMah.com



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