Hi,
i use a GUI for git and discovered that it showed me a rename in a commit where i actually replaced a file. So i looked at the commit via git show, and found the following:
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/swt-3.7M7-win32.jar differ
diff --git a/lib/swt-3.7M7-win64.jar b/lib/swt-3.7M7-win64.jar Where is the /dev/null coming from? Regards Fabian Zeindl
Re: weird rename
On 31 May 2011 20:12, Fabian Zeindl <fabian.zeindl@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > i use a GUI for git and discovered that it showed me a rename in a commit where i actually replaced a file. > So i looked at the commit via git show, and found the following: > > Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/swt-3.7M7-win32.jar differ > diff --git a/lib/swt-3.7M7-win64.jar b/lib/swt-3.7M7-win64.jar > > Where is the /dev/null coming from?
/dev/null is used to indicate "does not exist" -- it is a file device on Unix boxes that emits null characters or consumes output sending it to oblivion :)!
Comparing /dev/null with A -- A is a new (added) file.
Comparing A with /dev/null -- A is deleted.
HTH, - Reece
Re: weird rename
On May 31, 2011, at 9:18 PM, Reece Dunn wrote:
> /dev/null is used to indicate "does not exist"
yeah i know that :)
> Comparing /dev/null with A -- A is a new (added) file. > Comparing A with /dev/null -- A is deleted.
ok, i deleted a similar sounding file (3.7M3 instead of 3.7M7), i just wonder why git got that as a rename. or the GUI (GitX) at least.
fabian