Comments on: FileMerge won’t merge xib files (nibs) http://www.greengar.com/2009/11/filemerge-wont-merge-xib-files-nibs/ Simple, fun, useful Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:34:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Anon http://www.greengar.com/2009/11/filemerge-wont-merge-xib-files-nibs/comment-page-1/#comment-769 Anon Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:46:26 +0000 http://www.greengar.com/?p=154#comment-769 The reason FileMerge refuses to merge .xib files is because a .xib is an object graph. As such, what appears to be a clean merge will often result in an invalid .xib. It's intensely irritating that IB objects don't have a merge friendly serialization, but it's better to refuse to shoot you in the foot than blithely do something that won't work. Grep for "textual merge" in: http://developer.apple.com/Mac/library/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/IB_UserGuide/BuildingaNibFile/BuildingaNibFile.html The reason FileMerge refuses to merge .xib files is because a .xib is an object graph. As such, what appears to be a clean merge will often result in an invalid .xib.

It’s intensely irritating that IB objects don’t have a merge friendly serialization, but it’s better to refuse to shoot you in the foot than blithely do something that won’t work.

Grep for “textual merge” in:

http://developer.apple.com/Mac/library/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/IB_UserGuide/BuildingaNibFile/BuildingaNibFile.html

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