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Re: How should I handle binary file with GIT

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
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Apr 5, 2006, 18:51 UTC
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>>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

Junio> If we wanted to use the patch+diff (i.e. "format-patch, Junio> send-email, and then am" workflow) to transfer new version of Junio> binary files to a recipient, which I think is useful in some Junio> projects, the sanest way to handle this is probably to add Junio> Nico's delta, going from preimage to postimage, encoded for Junio> safer transport, to our diff output.

This is what I was looking for, and thanks for confirming that at least within a local respository, everything already works. Yeay.

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