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Git to diff zip (or any compressed) files. See this (https://tante.cc/2010/06/23/managing-zip-based-file-formats-in-git/) article.
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| *.[7z,xz,bzip2,gzip,tar,zip,wim,ar,arj,cab,chm,cpio,cramfs,dmg,ext,fat,gpt,hfs,ihex,iso,lzh,lzma,mbr,.msi,nsis,ntfs,qcow2,rar,rpm,squashfs,udf,uefi,vdi,vhd,vmdk,wim,xar,z] diff=archive |
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| [diff "archive"] | |
| textconv = 7z -so e | |
| binary = true |
Sorry forgot to add the (project level) .gitattributes config. (You can make a global .gitattributes file).
Updated the gist (also removed the superfluous git-lfs config).
This also assumes you have 7z installed.
Thanks @SeanSobey for sharing!
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This doesn't seem to do anything for me when I
git diffin a repo with tracked zip files, how is it supposed to work? I can't find anything inman git-configabout this syntax of including a file extension in a[diff]stanza.