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Re: Commit/merge messages for binary files

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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Feb 18, 2011, 13:53 UTC
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Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com> writes:
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> Hi,
>
> there's a different output when committing change and when merging
> change for a binary file.
> Do the insertions/deletions have any meaning for binary files?

No. They're inserted/deleted *lines*, and that wouldn't make sense for binary files.

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  1. Piotr KrukowieckiFeb 17, 2011
  2. Matthieu MoyFeb 18, 2011
  3. Piotr KrukowieckiFeb 18, 2011
  4. Matthieu MoyFeb 18, 2011
  5. Piotr KrukowieckiFeb 18, 2011
  6. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2011
  7. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2011
  8. 1/2 diff: handle diffstat of rewritten binary filesJeff King, Feb 19, 2011
  9. 2/2 diff: don't retrieve binary blobs for diffstatJeff King, Feb 19, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2011
  11. Jeff KingFeb 22, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2011

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