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Can I prevent certain files from being auto merged?


David Dulling (13721112) | asked Apr 24 '12, 11:33 a.m.
Hi, all

I have tried to find previous topics on this question and also other published articles and I'm afraid I've drawn a blank.

I have a scenario where I want to somehow mark a file, by name or maybe by particular file suffix, as never to be merged.

The file would probably be a text file by default (XML or even standard text) but if this file was ever in a merging scenario I want the user to be given the choice to accept incoming as a total replacement or to choose to keep his local copy instead. I guess this is the behavior I would expect for a true binary file

I've tried to make a change to the file types within the Eclipse client to specify application/unknown as a MIME type and Binary(None) for line types but a merge was initiated on accepting conflicting versions into my workspace

Is this possible?

Thanks

David

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Ralph Schoon (62.7k33643) | answered Apr 27 '12, 5:04 a.m.
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David,

making them binary would have been the approach I would have taken too. If that does not work, I am not sure there is a way. You can lock a file to indicate other users that it is edited.

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David Dulling (13721112) | answered Apr 30 '12, 11:27 a.m.
Hi. Thanks for your response

Yes I guess I could give that a try. I'm disappointed there doesn't seem to be a better way though...

David

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Ralph Schoon (62.7k33643) | answered Apr 30 '12, 2:58 p.m.
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Please articulate your need and file an enhancement request!

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