From: Sam Vilain Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:46:38 GMT Subject: git-format-patch for binary files / merges [Re: Expose subprojects as special files to "git diff" machinery] Message-ID: <4625DAEE.3090702@vilain.net> In-Reply-To: Linus Torvalds wrote: >> Isn't this dangerous because it looks just like a normal diff with a >> file being rewritten, when in truth it is a tree entry record being >> rewritten. >> > Well, that's exactly what symlinks do too. > > You have to look at the mode to know what the rewriting *means*. > > But yeah, I wouldn't object at all to making it an "extended git header" > instead (possibly just for subprojects, possibly for symlinks too) > Speaking of 'custom' patch file formats, anyone put any thought to a format for the commits which can't be represented with patch, like binary files and merges? Sam.