# HG changeset patch
# User diego
# Date 1101727682 0
# Node ID 384ae6f896cf2fa44082474f50fff02972740f46
# Parent  4dee22ed8608c4a96afacb11e919f60d2354f97a
Explain how (not) to handle execute permissions and binary files.

diff -r 4dee22ed8608 -r 384ae6f896cf DOCS/tech/cvs-howto.txt
--- a/DOCS/tech/cvs-howto.txt	Sun Nov 28 21:08:46 2004 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/tech/cvs-howto.txt	Mon Nov 29 11:28:02 2004 +0000
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@
     cvs add filename/dirname
     cvs commit filename
 
-  Directories are added immediately, no commit necessary.
+  Directories are added immediately, no commit necessary. Make sure you do not
+  wrongly commit non-executable files with execute permissions set as this has
+  to be fixed manually in the repository. Binary files must be added with
+  'cvs add -kb'.
 
 5. Removing files: