Re: svn blame miscategorizing a file as binary

Archie Cobbs wrote:

> $ svn proplist -v generic-build.xml
> Properties on 'generic-build.xml':
> svn:mime-type : text/xml
                         ^^^^^^^^
This is the reason. Subversion considers XML files to be binary for the
simple reason that normal diff's won't always produce sensible patches
for XML files. They may be human-readable, but they are not strictly text.

HTH

John

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