From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 04:32:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] fast-import: only store commit objects
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1305062331190.8213@s15462909.onlinehome-server.info>
In-Reply-To: <518871A0.8030707@alum.mit.edu>

Hi Michael,

On Tue, 7 May 2013, Michael Haggerty wrote:

> I knew about the "type" command but I was under the impression that it
> is intended for text files and can corrupt binary files.  Are you sure
> that using "type" as you suggest is binary-clean?

"type" is not binary-clean. At least on some Windows versions, "type" also
has a limit on file size.

Ciao,
Dscho