need binary file summary support

Bug #270487 reported by James Westby
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bzr search plugin
Confirmed
Wishlist
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Bug Description

Hi,

If you index a branch with binary files then search will print hits from changes
affecting the binary files. This leads to lots of binary garbage being output, which
doesn't help the readability of the results.

If searching binary files is desired then I suggest there be a --binary option,
of by default.

Thanks,

James

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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote : Re: [Bug 270487] [NEW] search doesn't play well with binary files

 importance low
 status wishlist
 summary need binary file summary support

Using a --binary flag really would just be fixing a symptom. Instead,
content analysis should allow sensible hits from images etc.

-Rob

Revision history for this message
Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote :

 importance wishlist
 status confirmed
 summary "need binary file summary support"

Using a --binary flag really would just be fixing a symptom. Instead,
content analysis should allow sensible hits from images etc.

-Rob

Changed in bzr-search:
importance: Low → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
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