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Re: automatic properties

From: Garrett Rooney <rooneg_at_electricjellyfish.net>
Date: 2003-08-17 19:22:53 CEST

Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:

> Garrett, keep in mind that 'svn import' *already* detects binary files
> and sets svn:mime-type to application/x-octet-stream while
> committing. That's why it sometimes prints "A (bin) foo.doc".

Yes, but setting svn:mime-type for binary files serves a more
fundamental purpose (avoiding merges and eol translation on non-textual
files), so it seems like a reasonable special case to me.

-garrett

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