[darcs-users] Assumptions about binaries and line-ends

[Phil Brooke]

--- David Roundy <droundy at darcs.net> wrote:
> >   - Once a binary file, always a binary file.  I.e., if there are
any
> >     binary patches for a file, it's binary.
> Wrong.  A file can go back and forth between being binary and text.

Ah, okay.  

Does that apply to files that with names matching a regexp in
_darcs/prefs/binaries?

Is there a simple way to determine if a file is binary for a particular
operation (e.g., record)?  Is it simply the presence of hex 00 or hex
1a in the working directory or _darcs/current?

Thanks,

Phil.



		
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