From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:52:05 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not drop data from '\0' until eol in patch output
Message-ID: <7vslld1ycq.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <1152268424350-git-send-email-sf@b-i-t.de>

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?