RE: [Question] Signature calculation ignoring parts of binary files

2018-09-13 Thread Randall S. Becker
On September 13, 2018 1:52 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Junio C Hamano writes: > > > "Randall S. Becker" writes: > > > >> The scenario is slightly different. > >> 1. Person A gives me a new binary file-1 with fingerprint A1. This > >> goes into git unchanged. > >> 2. Person B gives me binary

Re: [Question] Signature calculation ignoring parts of binary files

2018-09-13 Thread Junio C Hamano
Junio C Hamano writes: > "Randall S. Becker" writes: > >> The scenario is slightly different. >> 1. Person A gives me a new binary file-1 with fingerprint A1. This goes into >> git unchanged. >> 2. Person B gives me binary file-2 with fingerprint B2. This does not go >> into git yet. >> 3. We

RE: [Question] Signature calculation ignoring parts of binary files

2018-09-13 Thread Randall S. Becker
On September 13, 2018 11:03 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Randall S. Becker" writes: > > > The scenario is slightly different. > > 1. Person A gives me a new binary file-1 with fingerprint A1. This > > goes into git unchanged. > > 2. Person B gives me binary file-2 with fingerprint B2. This does

Re: [Question] Signature calculation ignoring parts of binary files

2018-09-13 Thread Junio C Hamano
"Randall S. Becker" writes: > The scenario is slightly different. > 1. Person A gives me a new binary file-1 with fingerprint A1. This goes into > git unchanged. > 2. Person B gives me binary file-2 with fingerprint B2. This does not go > into git yet. > 3. We attempt a git diff between the

RE: [Question] Signature calculation ignoring parts of binary files

2018-09-13 Thread Randall S. Becker
On September 12, 2018 7:00 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Randall S. Becker" writes: > > >> author is important to our process. My objective is to keep the > >> original file 100% exact as supplied and then ignore any changes to > >> the metadata that I don't care about (like Creator) if the

Re: [Question] Signature calculation ignoring parts of binary files

2018-09-12 Thread Junio C Hamano
"Randall S. Becker" writes: >> author is important to our process. My objective is to keep the original file >> 100% exact as supplied and then ignore any changes to the metadata that I >> don't care about (like Creator) if the remainder of the file is the same. That will *not* work. If person

RE: [Question] Signature calculation ignoring parts of binary files

2018-09-12 Thread Randall S. Becker
On September 12, 2018 4:54 PM, I wrote: > On September 12, 2018 4:48 PM, Johannes Sixt wrote: > > Am 12.09.18 um 21:16 schrieb Randall S. Becker: > > > I feel really bad asking this, and I should know the answer, and yet. > > > > > > I have a binary file that needs to go into a repo intact

RE: [Question] Signature calculation ignoring parts of binary files

2018-09-12 Thread Randall S. Becker
> -Original Message- > From: git-ow...@vger.kernel.org On Behalf > Of Johannes Sixt > Sent: September 12, 2018 4:48 PM > To: Randall S. Becker > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [Question] Signature calculation ignoring parts of binary files > > A

Re: [Question] Signature calculation ignoring parts of binary files

2018-09-12 Thread Johannes Sixt
Am 12.09.18 um 21:16 schrieb Randall S. Becker: I feel really bad asking this, and I should know the answer, and yet. I have a binary file that needs to go into a repo intact (unchanged). I also have a program that interprets the contents, like a textconv, that can output the relevant portions

[Question] Signature calculation ignoring parts of binary files

2018-09-12 Thread Randall S. Becker
I feel really bad asking this, and I should know the answer, and yet. I have a binary file that needs to go into a repo intact (unchanged). I also have a program that interprets the contents, like a textconv, that can output the relevant portions of the file in whatever format I like - used for