From: sf <sf@b-i-t.de>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:18:52 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not drop data from '\0' until eol in patch output
Message-ID: <44AE431C.4090509@b-i-t.de>
In-Reply-To: <7vslld1ycq.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Stephan Feder <sf@b-i-t.de> writes:
> 
>> The binary file detection is just a heuristic which can well fail.
>> Do not produce garbage patches in these cases.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephan Feder <sf@b-i-t.de>
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I do not think this patch is _wrong_ per se, but I wonder what
> you would use a patch like that for.  Specifically, do you apply
> such a patch with NUL and other binary data in it, and if so
> what tool do you use?
> 

GNU patch can apply patches with binary content which are typically
produced with GNU diff with --text option.