From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Shawn O. Pearce" Subject: Re: Binary files in format-patch Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 19:01:53 -0400 Message-ID: <20080505230153.GL29038@spearce.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com To: Caio Marcelo X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue May 06 01:02:53 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jt9hq-000215-Ug for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 01:02:51 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761691AbYEEXCA (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2008 19:02:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761952AbYEEXB7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2008 19:01:59 -0400 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:53626 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761495AbYEEXB6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2008 19:01:58 -0400 Received: from cpe-74-70-48-173.nycap.res.rr.com ([74.70.48.173] helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Jt9gn-0005aS-Em; Mon, 05 May 2008 19:01:45 -0400 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A8A5620FBAE; Mon, 5 May 2008 19:01:53 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Caio Marcelo wrote: > I'm using "git format-patch" to generate messages for a code review > mailing list. It work fine except when we have binary files involved. > Their contents are not relevant for us, and doesn't help much in a > mailing list. Taking a peek at the code I've found out this: Why then are they committed in Git and being modified? If the files aren't relevant, why are they tracked? -- Shawn.