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From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not drop data from '\0' until eol in patch output
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:03:18 -0700
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sf <sf@b-i-t.de> writes:

> GNU patch can apply patches with binary content which are typically
> produced with GNU diff with --text option.

Hmph.  Things must have improved since I looked at it the last
time, perhaps 6-7 years ago.  I remember that I used "diff -a
-u0" as an el-cheapo way to deliber binary contents but found
that patch sometimes could not grok such, and ended up writing a
small customized C program.