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| <h1 class="Head">Setting the content type of a file extension</h1> |
| <p class="Para">Team repositories distinguish between files that contain ASCII data and those that do not. For ASCII |
| files, additional helpful functionality is available. This includes:</p> |
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| <li>Proper end of line conversion between the client and the server. This ensures that a Windows user and a UNIX |
| user can work on the same file without introducing incompatibilities.</li> |
| <li>Auto merging of conflicts. If a file contains both incoming and outgoing changes but none on the same line as |
| another, then the file may be automatically merged when updating.</li> |
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| <p class="Para">Certain file types invariably contain either ASCII data or binary data. For example, *.txt files |
| usually contain ASCII data, and *.exe files usually contain binary data. Eclipse comes with a pre-defined set of file |
| types, which you may add to or modify.</p> |
| <p class="Para">To set the content type associated with a file extension:</p> |
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| <li>Open the <a class="command-link" href= |
| 'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.team.ui.TextPreferences)")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Team > File Content</b></a> |
| preference page. This page displays a list of file extensions and content type (ASCII or Binary) for file |
| extensions whose content type is known.</li> |
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| <p class="Para">To add a file extension, click the <b>Add Extension</b> button and enter the file extension in |
| the text prompt that appears. Once <b>OK</b> is clicked, the extension will be added to the list with a content |
| type of ASCII.</p> |
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| <li>To change the content type for an existing file extension, select the file extension entry and click the |
| <b>Change</b> button. This will toggle the type from ASCII to Binary or vice versa.</li> |
| <li>To remove a file extension, select the file extension entry and click the <b>Remove</b> button.<br></li> |
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