[tor-bugs] #2021 [Development Progress]: Remove binary diffs from Git's commit mails

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#2021: Remove binary diffs from Git's commit mails
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 Reporter:  karsten               |       Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |   Milestone:     
Component:  Development Progress  |     Version:     
 Keywords:                        |      Parent:     
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 Whenever I add/remove/move binary files in Git, the commit mails contain
 the full binary diff. These binary diffs bloat the commit mails and aren't
 useful at all.

 What? You say, there shouldn't be any binary files in Git anyway? But...
 what about libraries and generated PDFs? Don't belong there... can't hear
 you!

 Sebastian says that commit mails are formatted using git-format-patch:

 {{{
 git-format-patch --subject-prefix="$projectname/${refname#refs/heads/}" \
 --stdout "$oldrev..$newrev" |
 }}}

 I wonder if we can add --no-binary to this line to display a notice that
 files changed, but without showing the diff.

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