Team Explorer Everywhere for eclipse have a problem with utf-8(without bom)

Question

eclipse always use utf-8 (without bom) encode.

When I merge a file ,some chinese character will be lost,instead of "??".

I resave the file to utf-8(with bom). The problem has gone,but javadoc generter could not recognize "bom" head.

Is there any solution? Thanks for help!

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djbone

Answer 1

Hi DJ,

There is a forum for "Team Foundation Server - Eclipse and Cross Platform" -- can you post your question there instead?

Thanks!

Answer 2

Hi,

are you doing automerge or merge in merge tool?

Thanks

Mireille

Answer 3

merge in merge tool~

I tried configurate other merge tool (such as Araxis Merge ),but the result is the same.

if only use other merge tool,it's no problem!

Thanks

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djbone

Answer 4

Have you set the encoding for those files properly in TFS?  That's how we identify bom-less files to determine what encoding they're in.

Right click on a file in Source Control Explorer and select Properties.  Your encoding should be configured as 'UTF-8'.

This should preserve your encodings when performing automerge or when using the "merge in merge tool" functionality.

Unfortunately, there is no standard way to provide encodings to external tools - you will need to set those when you do the merge manually, if they are unable to properly detect encodings.

Answer 5

thank u for the answer!

I had set encoding as 'UTF-8',and I using "merge in merge tool". There is the same problem. Most character (incluse chinese character) is all right,but some ,some chinese character will be lost,instead of "??".

when I change the file head with bom,there is not the problem.but I want to use javadoc,that doesn't support file encoding as 'UTF-8 with bom'.

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djbone

Answer 6

Can you send me a copy of the three files you're merging?  (The common ancestor, the source and the target files?)

You can email them to me at [e-mail], and I can investigate further.