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Re: [PATCH] Do not drop data from '\0' until eol in patch output

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jul 7, 2006, 10:52 UTC
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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?

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