Bazaar

  1. Bug #71307
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 71307

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Matthew Fuller (fullermd) wrote : Re: "bzr diff" produces silly result for binary files

This is an ongoing absurdity. It makes reading diff output pretty mindwarping.

=== added file 'src/mail_files/generic_bottom_left.gif'
Binary files src/mail_files/generic_bottom_left.gif 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 and src/mail_files/generic_bottom_left.gif 2009-01-27 16:44:30 +0000 differ
=== added file 'src/mail_files/generic_bottom_right.gif'
Binary files src/mail_files/generic_bottom_right.gif 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 and src/mail_files/generic_bottom_right.gif 2009-01-27 16:44:30 +0000 differ
=== removed file 'src/mail_files/generic_footer.gif'
Binary files src/mail_files/generic_footer.gif 2008-03-14 22:16:39 +0000 and src/mail_files/generic_footer.gif 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 differ
=== removed file 'src/mail_files/generic_header.jpg'
Binary files src/mail_files/generic_header.jpg 2008-03-14 22:16:39 +0000 and src/mail_files/generic_header.jpg 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 differ

Eh? Run that by me again? There are 22 binary files in this diff, and one text file that you can actually see a sensible diff for. It's kinda an eyesore...