Fletcher,

We used the default SCCTEXT.PRG is what creates the VCA and SCA files stored

in VSS next to the binary files. However, attempting to DIFF that did not

always work out well. VFP would move some records around when editing a

method. It would look like a big chunk of the form or class library had been

removed from higher up, and then added back in down below. Which is actually

the case, since that code is stored in a memo field. Change a memo field.

The old value is still in the FPT until it's packed out. The new value is

added to the end.

I understand the FoxBin2PRG fixes that problem. It also enables just the

text version to be stored in the source control because it can be turned

back in to a binary file.

Thank you,

Tracy

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Subject: RE: VSS to git conversion

Tracy,

My understanding is that bin2prg (or something like it) was created

expressly to support what you want to do. The idea was that the dbf (.scx,

etc.) would be used to create a comparable prg file and then both would be

checked in. The prg was used for change tracking only. It worked great

with VSS - not sure how well it will work with Git using the VFP project

manager, but you should be able to create a script that will do effectively

the same thing.

Fletcher

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Sent: Friday, January 4, 2019 12:21 PM

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Subject: Re: VSS to git conversion

On 2019-01-03 11:29, Tracy Pearson wrote:

> We are looking at changing things over from VSS to git. There are about

> 20

> projects that we want to transfer the history of the files in to git.

> However, we do not want to transfer the binary files over. We haven't

> been

> using the FoxBin2PRG since we have been just working directly in the

> standard project manager in VFP.

Hi Tracy...Happy New Year!

Did you mean to say that you ARE or ARE NOT using FoxBin2PRG? I'd think

you would have to use it to achieve the non-binary source code control

process.

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