On 31 May 2011 20:12, Fabian Zeindl <fabian.zeindl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > i 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html