From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D1FE2013E for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2017 02:42:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751506AbdCCCmQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Mar 2017 21:42:16 -0500 Received: from mail-qk0-f176.google.com ([209.85.220.176]:35831 "EHLO mail-qk0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751465AbdCCCmP (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Mar 2017 21:42:15 -0500 Received: by mail-qk0-f176.google.com with SMTP id h9so1612658qke.2 for ; Thu, 02 Mar 2017 18:41:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=Mzpr41K7l6U/qpIMoQaRCLzfucM+SOKPKB5kvaN3chg=; b=M3NqhAPD3Ryp3wrNCekf8nvBXdCD+7E6djnZ3BDWc7wACNOgFYiv2ENWCFfWf/JMrJ iEJWjf4Qqg4kIuQcWX2F20Qv+vQ9mn/P2gjvkT8vJ32XX6TH1vyFa64MLGC23C1sv+py 5QaqYph35st+uNkQcf6PKqAPC2FVGQ4fqrHCKA861fzbIpCON77IWNDhG5MbxhKsHGyw Zke4kcfr7GvJbA5jEzSyOJymGBTCT7+SoYfGYVSa4j7iDNde8vTgUSwh/XtsI51c4dmj IizeKDbwSiiRo5L9oN3nDUJ0dis9OUKbRKCg9a75ukOtMkBs3aJ4j8Vla+YWhiS3La1H 5nhw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Mzpr41K7l6U/qpIMoQaRCLzfucM+SOKPKB5kvaN3chg=; b=dB9j6DKA9ucJQfA2czG3j00ThV9sRfkwneznvRR+eCsHCw5fJy6v0nAvRshD/L+dZI DvXACXwcow+9imPbWbf4PVjl7ylbEH32FhexncKBTMCzIZdzRAQruOBWbEryufr8KKF7 tUD6INHFKR/ntNJrzSLbyOHzcv2UQVCLZ1LPjZznsOR9zlLLFcitAhYXFYIdJc/s5tbB VIhDXsdpjoslfRD3s/TflPnUWagFtZiloTloZcBKWivLi8d/oPuG2jzv/bOjJsh5SNsm x+7TFirRS6XrjBeiD3NXE5g0cn+vGINkblEvClyDdg6isZf2ngAV1KtWYCCQLHJI/990 bZaA== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39l4B8zLoujW75wyuMOPH9FwzMJk5V7+X4NBZ73MHP2RqHGWLJTq/t74uFgEVrgnac2vzy9oFXyJ+XnesQ== X-Received: by 10.55.69.68 with SMTP id s65mr223357qka.43.1488504998109; Thu, 02 Mar 2017 17:36:38 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.12.178.20 with HTTP; Thu, 2 Mar 2017 17:36:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7a0992eb-adb9-a7a1-cfaa-3384bc4d3e5c@virtuell-zuhause.de> References: <7a0992eb-adb9-a7a1-cfaa-3384bc4d3e5c@virtuell-zuhause.de> From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 17:36:17 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: stO_bEd-YI7QD0f3Y1cUExJBwbI Message-ID: Subject: Re: log -S/-G (aka pickaxe) searches binary files by default To: Thomas Braun Cc: GIT Mailing-list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Thomas Braun wrote: > > I happen to have quite large binary files in my repos. > > Today I realized that a line like > git log -G a > searches also files found to be binary (or explicitly marked as binary). > > Is that on purpose? No, it's a mere oversight (as I do not think I never even thought about special casing binary files from day one, it is unlikely that you would find _any_ old version of Git that behaves differently).