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Chad
Chad

Reputation: 3237

TFS - What does changing encoding do?

In TFS 2012, if I right click a source-controlled file, go to Properties --> Advanced and then change the encoding from UTF8 to Windows 1252, does that actually modify the file or does it simply change the way TFS reads the file?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 513

Answers (1)

Edward Thomson
Edward Thomson

Reputation: 78703

The file contents will not be changed, only the encoding value in the metadata will be changed. This setting will affect the way TFS treats the file during compare and merge operations, but changing that value should not change the content itself.

Upvotes: 3

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