From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Subject: Re: How should I handle binary file with GIT Date: 05 Apr 2006 11:51:39 -0700 Message-ID: <86ek0bsvno.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> References: <20060405073022.13054.qmail@web25806.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <7v3bgs4exz.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <86wte4rq3d.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <7vslor27n4.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 05 20:51:58 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FRD6a-00037L-0l for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:51:48 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751335AbWDESvp (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:51:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751332AbWDESvp (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:51:45 -0400 Received: from blue.stonehenge.com ([209.223.236.162]:36183 "EHLO blue.stonehenge.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751335AbWDESvo (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:51:44 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D7B48F3C2; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:51:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blue.stonehenge.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (blue.stonehenge.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 07457-02-29; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:51:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8CE748F3D0; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:51:39 -0700 (PDT) To: Junio C Hamano x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.13.3.8; tzolkin = 9 Lamat; haab = 1 Pop In-Reply-To: <7vslor27n4.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano writes: Junio> If we wanted to use the patch+diff (i.e. "format-patch, Junio> send-email, and then am" workflow) to transfer new version of Junio> binary files to a recipient, which I think is useful in some Junio> projects, the sanest way to handle this is probably to add Junio> Nico's delta, going from preimage to postimage, encoded for Junio> safer transport, to our diff output. This is what I was looking for, and thanks for confirming that at least within a local respository, everything already works. Yeay. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!