{"thread":{"id":"43618","subject":"binary patch compatibility","startedAt":"2006-11-01T21:03:28Z","lastAt":"2006-11-01T21:10:11Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["John Rigby","Jakub Narebski"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"296011","messageId":"4b73d43f0611011303m3e58b227x1a0bd60a9719f9f8@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"43618","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"binary patch compatibility","fromName":"John Rigby","fromEmail":"jcrigby@gmail.com","sentAt":"2006-11-01T21:03:28Z","receivedAt":"2006-11-01T21:03:28Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jcrigby@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/5230d30ff5be31ab7b262cdaaa16e31098c82383edb98f97c071661f7680e3f1?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"If I commit a new binary file to a repository and then use\ngit-format-patch --binary to produce a patch the resulting patch file\nis not compatible with the patch command.\n\nAm I doing something wrong or is this not possible.\n\nThanks\n"},{"id":"298441","messageId":"eib2ev$ga7$1@sea.gmane.org","threadId":"43618","inReplyTo":"4b73d43f0611011303m3e58b227x1a0bd60a9719f9f8@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: binary patch compatibility","fromName":"Jakub Narebski","fromEmail":"jnareb@gmail.com","sentAt":"2006-11-01T21:10:11Z","receivedAt":"2006-11-01T21:10:11Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jnareb@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2706?v=4"},"body":"John Rigby wrote:\n\n> If I commit a new binary file to a repository and then use\n> git-format-patch --binary to produce a patch the resulting patch file\n> is not compatible with the patch command.\n> \n> Am I doing something wrong or is this not possible.\n\nGNU patch doesn't understand git binary patch. git-apply does (as does\ngit-am). There is no universal binary diff format.\n\n-- \nJakub Narebski\nWarsaw, Poland\nShadeHawk on #git\n\n"}]}