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Re: How to make git diff-* ignore some patterns?

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DSDirk Süsserott <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc>
Date
Nov 22, 2009, 15:51 UTC
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Am 21.11.2009 19:07 schrieb Björn Steinbrink:
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> On 2009.11.21 17:40:14 +0100, Dirk Süsserott wrote:
>> is there a way to tell "git diff-index" to ignore some special
>> patterns, such that /^-- Dump completed on .*$/ is NOT recognized as
>> a difference and "git diff-index" returns 0 if that's the only
>> difference?
> 
> If you don't mind losing that line, you could use a clean filter via
> .gitattributes:
> 
> echo '*.sql filter=mysql_dump' >> .gitattributes
> git config filter.mysql_dump.clean "sed -e '/^-- Dump completed on .*$/d'"
> 
> That way, git will filter all *.sql paths through that sed command
> before storing them as blobs, dropping that "Dump completed" line from
> the data stored in the repo.
> 
> Björn
> 
Thank you Björn and Michael,

Your suggestions were really helpful. I decided to use Björn's 'clean filter' approach. It works great.

-- Dirk
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  1. Dirk SüsserottNov 21, 2009
  2. Michael J GruberNov 21, 2009
  3. Björn SteinbrinkNov 21, 2009
  4. Dirk SüsserottNov 22, 2009

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