[cvsnt] Re: Admin(ing) a file to "-kB" or "-kBz" from "-kb"

[Tony Hoyle]

Martin Cole wrote:

> OK so I have this file in CVS that was started as "-kb".
> 
> If I send the admin command "cvs admin -kB file.bin" will it make the file binary diff from now on, or will it make major modifications to the "file.bin,v" in the repo ?

It happens on the next commit - -k options are per-revision.

> It's just that when I did a test on a file from "-kb" to "-kBz" the ,v file shrank !

That's probably because the head revision got compressed when you 
committed... you get a lot of saving there.

Tony