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From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Subject: Re: git adds some text file as binary file by mistake
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:54:37 +0200
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Ping Yin venit, vidit, dixit 24.10.2008 14:37:
> So what should i do if i want it added as text file?

You should give us more detail on the file ;)
What's the extension, what's the typical content? It may be a simple
matter of specifying attributes.
Do ordinary diff and grep recognize your files as text?

Michael