[darcs-users] Re: more feedback on binary file detection (issue pin-pointed?)

David Roundy droundy at abridgegame.org
Sat Dec 11 14:26:06 UTC 2004


On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 05:02:04PM +0000, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> > I tried 'record' again and darcs detected the file as binary, despite
> > the lack of binary characters in the file. 
> > 
> > My suspicion is that it is being considered (wrongly) binary because
> > it a version with a trigger character exists in 'current'.
> 
> Could it be that if either the old or the new version of the file is
> binary then the whole comparison is done as if *both* were binary?

Right, that's precisely how it works, since both the new and old versions
need to be included.
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David Roundy
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