Using Git with VB6

Question

Our company has a large codebase in VB6, and we currently use VSS which, for all that we hate about it, at least integrates into the VB6 IDE.

My own team, which is u

Answer 1

You have to create the file .gitattributes to use windows line endings (crlf) because git was born in unix.

# Declare files that will always have CRLF line endings on checkout.
*.vbp text eol=crlf
*.frm text eol=crlf
*.cls text eol=crlf
*.bas text eol=crlf
*.dsr text eol=crlf
*.ini text eol=crlf

# Denote all files that are truly binary and should not be modified.
*.frx binary
*.exe binary
*.dll binary
*.ocx binary

Also create .gitignore file with the following lines:

## Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and
## files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons.

# User-specific files
*.vbw
*.tmp
*.scc
*.dca