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Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com> wrote:
> "git format-patch" generates binary diffs for binary files (e.g pdfs)
> in its patches,
> but "git diff -p" just tells me that a binary file is different and doesn't
> generate the actual diff.

--binary::
    In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that
    can be applied with "git apply".

Should work with all of the "diff things" like `git diff`,
`git log`, etc.  See the diff-options.txt in Documentation.

-- 
Shawn.