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Re: git adds some text file as binary file by mistake

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Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com>
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Oct 24, 2008, 13:30 UTC
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On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:

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> Ping Yin venit, vidit, dixit 24.10.2008 14:37:
>> So what should i do if i want it added as text file?
>
> You should give us more detail on the file ;)
> What's the extension, what's the typical content? It may be a simple
> matter of specifying attributes.
> Do ordinary diff and grep recognize your files as text?
>
> Michael
>

It's just an xml file. I guess maybe there are some hidden characters at the beginning. I will figure it out later because i have no access to that file right now.

I'm just ask this problem in general sense. So is there a general way to specify whether a file is text or binary?

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Ping Yin
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