From: Xavier Noria <fxn@...>
Date: 2007-08-21T17:24:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Test if file is binary ?

On Aug 21, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Rebhan, Gilbert wrote:

> Is there an exisiting standard what is considered as a binary file,
> means a
> rule like check the first block from a file and =
>
> - if control characters (ASCII 0-32) and "high ASCII" (> 128) are  
> found
>> 30 %
> it's considered as binary file otherwise textfile
>
> - if control characters (ASCII 0-32 and > 128) are found == 0 it's
> always
> considered as textfile
>
> ??

What's the heuristic in Subversion?

-- fxn