binary diff: further updates.
This updates the user interface and generated diff data format.
* "diff --binary" is used to signal that we want an e-mailable
binary patch. It implies --full-index and -p.
* "apply --allow-binary-replacement" acquired a short synonym
"apply --binary".
* After the "GIT binary patch\n" header line there is a token
to record which binary patch mechanism was used, so that we
can extend it later. Currently there are two mechanisms
defined: "literal" and "delta". The former records the
deflated postimage and the latter records the deflated delta
from the preimage to postimage.
For purely implementation convenience, I added the deflated
length after these "literal/delta" tokens (otherwise the
decoding side needs to guess and reallocate the buffer while
inflating). Improvement patches are very welcomed.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index b3b2c4d..d052608 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
with_raw:1,
with_stat:1,
tree_in_recursive:1,
+ binary:1,
full_index:1,
silent_on_remove:1,
find_copies_harder:1;
