From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:35:40 GMT
Subject: Re: Is the textconv filter called for each line ? or once for the file ?
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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

> Laurent Alebarde <l.alebarde@free.fr> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Something I need clarification please :
>>
>> In the documentation on gitattributes, it is said :
>>
>> "A textconv, by comparison, is much more limiting. You provide a transformation
>> of the data into a line-oriented text format, and git uses its regular diff 
>> tools to generate the output."
>>
>> Does it mean that the textconv filter is called for each line ?
>
> No. What would "for each line" mean, since textconv is essentially meant
> to be called on binary files?

I think the key phrase Laurent has missed is "*into* a line-oriented
text format".  The input may or may not be line-oriented.  The
output is expected to be.