On 8/14/07, Vincent Lefevre <vincent+svn@vinc17.org> wrote:
> On 2007-08-14 16:25:10 +0200, Erik Huelsmann wrote:
> > There's an algorithm to estimate whether files are binary or texty:
> >
> > Check the first 1024 bytes to be within the 020-0x7F and 0x07-0x0D
> > regions. If more than 85% of the bytes fall in that region (and none
> > were 0x00), then the file is probably texty.
>
> I wonder if non-occidental users would agree with you.
They don't have to. This is what currently defines texty and we've had
had no complaints. It's based on what diff thinks what's texty.
> And what about UTF-16?
There's no support for wide characters in the built-in diff routine.
You can use external diff routines, or provide a patch to support
it...
> > So, if your files don't have that property, Subversion will consider
> > them binary, until you set a mime-type which makes it look texty
> > (starting with text/)
>
> One can have compressed XML files with text/xml mime-type. How does
> Subversion handle that?
As incorrectly as the mime-type. Clearly a compressed XML file isn't
text. More appropriate seems application/xml. Or even
application/x-gzip+xml.
> Also, for instance, is text/rtf more textual
> than application/x-sh as far as diff is concerned?
Yes, because it doesn't have a text/* mime-type.
Bye,
Erik.
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Received on Tue Aug 14 16:41:30 2007