On 2010-01-09 Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> wrote: [...] > Instead, it appears that
> git diff --no-index M.out 4.out >4diff.out > is not writing the output it should. To test this hypothesis, it > would be nice to use a copy of git built with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck > to compare > -- %< -- M.out > 100644 346d4e61f111336a1443ef6b2e834aa5b1a7f91a 0 bozbar > 100644 8e4020bb5a8d8c873b25de15933e75cc0fc275df 0 frotz > 100644 dca6b92303befc93086aa025d90a5facd7eb2812 0 nitfol > -- >% -- > with > -- %< -- 4.out > 100644 346d4e61f111336a1443ef6b2e834aa5b1a7f91a 0 bozbar > 100644 8e4020bb5a8d8c873b25de15933e75cc0fc275df 0 frotz > 100644 dca6b92303befc93086aa025d90a5facd7eb2812 0 nitfol > 100644 0a41e115ab61be0328a19b29f18cdcb49338d516 0 yomin > -- >% -- > using 'git diff --no-index M.out 4.out'. > Sorry for the confusion. Hello, I have not built with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck but have simply used the builtree from the regular build on merulo. ametz...@merulo:/tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6/t/trash directory.t1001-read-tree-m-2way$ /tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6/git diff --no-index M.out 4.out diff --git a/M.out b/4.out index 4aefa95..d5ec90a 100644 Binary files a/M.out and b/4.out differ ametz...@merulo:/tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6/t/trash directory.t1001-read-tree-m-2way$ cat M.out 100644 346d4e61f111336a1443ef6b2e834aa5b1a7f91a 0 bozbar 100644 8e4020bb5a8d8c873b25de15933e75cc0fc275df 0 frotz 100644 dca6b92303befc93086aa025d90a5facd7eb2812 0 nitfol ametz...@merulo:/tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6/t/trash directory.t1001-read-tree-m-2way$ cat 4.out 100644 346d4e61f111336a1443ef6b2e834aa5b1a7f91a 0 bozbar 100644 8e4020bb5a8d8c873b25de15933e75cc0fc275df 0 frotz 100644 dca6b92303befc93086aa025d90a5facd7eb2812 0 nitfol 100644 0a41e115ab61be0328a19b29f18cdcb49338d516 0 yomin ------------------- For comparison on i386 the output of /tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6/git diff --no-index M.out 4.out looks like this instead of "Binary files a/M.out and b/4.out differ": diff --git a/M.out b/4.out index 4aefa95..d5ec90a 100644 --- a/M.out +++ b/4.out @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ 100644 346d4e61f111336a1443ef6b2e834aa5b1a7f91a 0 bozbar 100644 8e4020bb5a8d8c873b25de15933e75cc0fc275df 0 frotz 100644 dca6b92303befc93086aa025d90a5facd7eb2812 0 nitfol +100644 0a41e115ab61be0328a19b29f18cdcb49338d516 0 yomin cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org