Re: Create/Apply Patch - UTF-16 and binary support

On 22.05.2013 18:29, Friedrich.Brunzema wrote:
> When I do a commit, the changes are bunched up in some binary format
> and sent to the server. Can we not capture this kind of data in some
> text-encoded format, and have the patch program understand the format?

A binary delta will apply correctly only to exactly the same, unmodified
source. A patch, on the other hand, contans context information that
help it find parts of the file that (appear to) match whatever source
the patch was created from.

See:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_encoding
vs.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff

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Branko Čibej
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