Re: Why the "application/octet-stream" mime type for images?

On Nov 4, 2008, at 1:58 PM, JJ wrote:

> Why does Subversion by default use the "application/octet-stream"
> mime type when I add images, instead of using the mime type for the
> image, such as "image/jpeg" in the example below?
>
> C:\work>svn add Subversion_Logo.jpg
> A (bin) Subversion_Logo.jpg
>
> C:\work>svn pl -v Subversion_Logo.jpg
> Properties on 'Subversion_Logo.jpg':
> svn:mime-type : application/octet-stream
>
> I see that there are options for enabling autoprops in the config
> file, but I'm confused about the default behavior. Is this just the
> way Subversion marks that it is a binary file, without having to
> know exactly what type of binary file?

Exactly.

Jochen

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