From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:17:54 GMT
Subject: Re: Is the textconv filter called for each line ? or once for the file ?
Message-ID: <vpqy5nidvnx.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20120620T125636-763@post.gmane.org>

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?

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Matthieu Moy
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