Re: [PATCH] treat any file with NUL as binary

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Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Then it seems to me, Linus sounded more in favor of that change than
> against it. His main argument was against 'diff' heuristic, which he
> felt was not strict enough for CRLF translation: "It's *much* better
> to miss some CRLF translation than to do too much of it."

Yeah, you found the right one, and I agreed with the argument
back then, and I agree with it now.  I think NUL heuristics is a
good one and obviously it makes it tighter than what diff uses,
which should be what we are aiming for in this thread.
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