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Re: Storing RTF documents in a code management system

Subject: Re: Storing RTF documents in a code management system
From: "Susan W. Gallagher" <susanwg -at- ix -dot- netcom -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 17:38:21 -0700

Deb Beckett wrote:
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> Has anyone used CVS or RCS as a repository for their documents?

No, but I used to document version control software.

> 4) General feedback regarding the use of RTF documents in this manner?

In general, the differencing algorithms that compute the
changes between multiple versions of a text file have a hard
time with machine-generated text files (like .rtf, which is
just a ridiculously heavily marked-up text file) and you are
better off storing such files as binary. Yes, you store a
complete version. Yes, you consume a lot of disk space. But
if I had to compute the cost savings between using up disk
space and having you wait until the algorithm differenced
the .rtf file, using the disk space would win without question.

-Sue Gallagher


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References:
Storing RTF documents in a code management system: From: Deb Beckett
Re: Storing RTF documents in a code management system: From: dmbrown

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