On 13 May 2013 11:22, Luc Pionchon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Invoking 'patch' failed.
>
> Maybe you don't have 'GNU patch' installed,
> or you use an untested version of Git.
>
> - meld version: '1.6.1'
> - source control software type: 'Git'
> - source control software version: '1.8.1.2'
> - the output of 'git diff --relative HEAD somefile.txt'
> - patch command: 'patch -p1 -R -d /tmp/tmpfuVkh8-meld'
>
>
> It fails on a binary file:
>
> $ git diff --relative HEAD firefox/stylish.sqlite
> diff --git a/firefox/stylish.sqlite b/firefox/stylish.sqlite
> index dfd587f..3f71069 100644
> Binary files a/firefox/stylish.sqlite and b/firefox/stylish.sqlite differ
>
>
> Probably meld should behave as if we ran:
> $ meld  /tmp/tmpfDlICp-meld/firefox/stylish.sqlite firefox/stylish.sqlite
>
> That is: showing both panes with "firefox/stylish.sqlite appears to be
> a binary file."

This works for me in 1.7.x, where by 'works' I mean that there's no
patch error, and it shows an error message indicating that it's
binary.

cheers,
Kai
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