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From: Reece Dunn <msclrhd@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: weird rename
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 20:18:00 +0100
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On 31 May 2011 20:12, Fabian Zeindl <fabian.zeindl@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> =A0i use a GUI for git and discovered that it showed me a rename in a=
 commit where i actually replaced a file.
> So i looked at the commit via git show, and found the following:
>
> Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/swt-3.7M7-win32.jar differ
> diff --git a/lib/swt-3.7M7-win64.jar b/lib/swt-3.7M7-win64.jar
>
> Where is the /dev/null coming from?

/dev/null is used to indicate "does not exist" -- it is a file device
on Unix boxes that emits null characters or consumes output sending it
to oblivion :)!

Comparing /dev/null with A -- A is a new (added) file.

Comparing A with /dev/null -- A is deleted.

HTH,
- Reece