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RE: [TSVN] How to apply a binary patch?

From: <craigb_at_ati-uk.com>
Date: 2004-12-03 19:45:57 CET

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SteveKing [mailto:steveking@gmx.ch]
> That's not possible. How would you show a diff for a binary file?

Well, it is possible to show differences in binary files. I know of at least
one program (HexWorkshop) that can show side-by-side diffs of binary files.

> So that's why there are no binary patchfiles at all.

Can't subversion create patchfiles with binary data in it when you use svn
diff? In fact, I just created a patch file using Tortoise that consisted of
a single byte change to a binary file. It works fine.

I don't expect TortoiseMerge to have a human-readable display of the
differences (although it could), but I would at least like to be able to
apply a patch which contains binary data to my working copy. Surely this
must be possible somehow?

thanks a lot,
Craig

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