Git diff odt files

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To get Git to diff between your odt/odp/ods files you will need to do the following things:

Install a conversion tool
$ sudo yum install odt2txt

Create your git config info directory if it's not already there
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/git/info

Add in attributes (you can paste this straight in or edit the file accordingly)
$ cat > ~/.config/git/info/attributes <<DELIM
*.ods diff=odf
*.odt diff=odf
*.odp diff=odf
DELIM


Add a Git diff filter (again, you can paste this straight in or edit the file accordingly)
$ cat >> ~/.gitconfig <<DELIM

[diff "odf"]
        binary = true
        textconv = odt2txt
DELIM


And that's it. Job done.

I tried this in Ubuntu 16.04, git version 2.14.2 and it doesn't work.

Had to put the attributes in ~/.config/git/attributes instead of ~/.config/git/info/attributes for it to work. Think may be due to version changes.

Thanks for putting this here! It is helpful

Same experience as you, @ weehongyeo-spire , on a Devuan GNU/Linux 3 with git version 2.20.1:
mv ~/.config/git/info/attributes ~/.config/git/
solved the problem.

Thank you, I can happily git diff the .odt's!