On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:38:10 -0500, Ken Thomases said:

>The problem isn't so much the file format, it's Interface Builder.  IB
>is too prone to renumbering/reordering objects or implementing a simple
>property change as removal of the object and replacement with a new object.

Exactly.  Try this: open a xib, change nothing, save, diff.  Many
changes! :(  I encourage everyone to file a bug on this.

>You can reliably merge .pbxproj files.

That's my experience as well.

>XIBs can't be reliably merged by naive algorithms, I don't think.

svn's merge certainly cannot.  I doubt other's can either.

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Sean McBride, B. Eng                 s...@rogue-research.com
Rogue Research                        www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada


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