FM and Revision Control Systems

[eric.dunn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Following Chris' suggestion/musings about the effect of UIDs on MIF files stored
in versioning systems, the following idea struck me.

Why not script FM to save as MIF and then strip the MIF of ALL MIF code that is
not absolutely necessary (PERL or other tool). This would remove some of the
conflicts and difficulties identifying changed content and it would have the
advantage of greatly reducing the amount of data stored by the versioning
system.

The versioning system could also control template use. If you strip the MIF of
all catalogues and formatting information this information would be replaced by
the contents of the template used when opeinthe MIF file. With appropriate
programming it should be possible to link MIF files in the versioning system
with FM template files that could alos be checked into the system.

Another thought:
As long as you're scripting and manipulating the FM file and resultant MIF, some
standards enforcement could be accomplished at the same time. For example,
ensuring charater formats are used instead of manual overrides.

Eric L. Dunn



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