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

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Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 30, 2008, 06:32 UTC
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On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Michael J Gruber
> <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Ping Yin
>

I have figured it out. It's just because the BOM characters feff00 in the beginning of the utf-8 xml file.

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Ping Yin
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  1. Ping YinOct 24, 2008
  2. Michael J GruberOct 24, 2008
  3. Ping YinOct 24, 2008
  4. Bruce StephensOct 24, 2008
  5. Michael J GruberOct 24, 2008
  6. Ping YinOct 30, 2008
  7. Robin RosenbergOct 31, 2008

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