Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I really think this would be better off using the crlf-like heuristics. > > It's entirely possible that the "NUL character in the first X bytes" > heuristic is wrong for some cases, so I find it a bit nasty to hardcoding > it as the only rule for "it must be binary" > > Linus On the other hand that hardcoded fallback is consistent with diff, which is closely related to xdl_merge(). Attributes can be specified to override this anyway, so... - 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
