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Enno edited this page Jul 7, 2019 · 2 revisions

To diff common binary files, such as pdf and Microsoft Office documents, in git, add to git/attributes, for example,

*.pdf    diff=lesspipe

*.odt    diff=lesspipe

*.doc    diff=lesspipe
*.xls    diff=lesspipe
*.ppt    diff=lesspipe

*.docx   diff=lesspipe
*.xlsx   diff=lesspipe
*.pptx   diff=lesspipe

*.rtf    diff=lesspipe

*.epub   diff=lesspipe

*.{jar,ja}        diff=lesspipe
*.{rar,7z,zip}    diff=lesspipe

*.gif        diff=lesspipe
*.png        diff=lesspipe
*.{jpg,jpeg} diff=lesspipe

and to git/config

[diff "lesspipe"]
textconv = LESSQUIET=1 lesspipe.sh
binary = true
cachetextconv = true