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Bug 131790

Summary:	Don't show side bar diff for binary files.
Product:	utilities	Reporter:	Peter Pis <ppis>
Component:	Diff	Assignee:	Ondrej Vrabec <ovrabec>
Status:	REOPENED ---
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description Peter Pis 2008-04-02 07:17:48 UTC

Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 200803311426)
Java: 1.6.0_10-beta; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 11.0-b11
System: Windows XP version 5.1 running on x86; Cp1252; en_GB (nb)
Userdir: D:\ide\user

Steps:
1. Open versioned controlled project (under "CVS")
2. Create new text file and add is as binary.
3. Modify it.
4. Side bar annotations are shown.

For binary files side bar shouldn't be shown.

Comment 1 Maros Sandor 2008-04-02 09:21:16 UTC

I disagree, that would be unnecessary limitation of functionality. If a file can be open in editor, it can as well have
the sidebar.

Comment 2 Peter Pis 2008-04-02 09:36:36 UTC

Then why "CVS | Diff" shows only <binary content>? Diff should be shown only for text files, IMHO.

Comment 3 Peter Pis 2008-04-11 08:31:21 UTC

Once the file is binary, it should be treated as binary. Reopening.