> Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> hat am 27. November 2018 um 01:51 geschrieben: > > > Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 1:08 PM Thomas Braun > > <thomas.braun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> The -G <regex> option of log looks for the differences whose patch text > >> contains added/removed lines that match regex. > >> > >> The concept of differences only makes sense for text files, therefore > >> we need to ignore binary files when searching with -G <regex> as well. > > > > What about partial text/partial binary files? > > Good point. You'd use "-a" (or "--text") to tell the diff machinery > to treat the contents as text, and the new logic must pay attention > to that command line option. Yes exactly. Either use -a for the occasional use or a textconv filter for permanent use. Coming from the opposite side: I usually mark svg files as binary as the textual diff is well, let's say uninspiring.
