Re: [Question] Diff text filters and git add

2019-07-11 Thread Jakub Narebski
"Randall S. Becker" writes: > On July 9, 2019 5:51 PM, Peff wrote: [...] >> No, textconv only applies when generating a diff to output, and will never >> impact what's stored in Git. >> >> It sounds like you might want a clean filter instead, to sanitize the file >> contents as they come into Git

RE: [Question] Diff text filters and git add

2019-07-10 Thread Randall S. Becker
On July 9, 2019 5:51 PM, Peff wrote: > To: Randall S. Becker > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [Question] Diff text filters and git add > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 05:43:05PM -0400, Randall S. Becker wrote: > > > I am trying to do something a bit strange and wonde

Re: [Question] Diff text filters and git add

2019-07-09 Thread Jeff King
On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 05:43:05PM -0400, Randall S. Becker wrote: > I am trying to do something a bit strange and wonder about the best way to > go. I have a text filter that presents content of very special binary file > formats using textconv. What I am wondering is whether using the textconv >

[Question] Diff text filters and git add

2019-07-09 Thread Randall S. Becker
Hi all, I am trying to do something a bit strange and wonder about the best way to go. I have a text filter that presents content of very special binary file formats using textconv. What I am wondering is whether using the textconv mechanism is sufficient to have git calculate the file signature o