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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
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pimlottc-gov commented Jul 17, 2019 •
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This doesn't seem to do anything for me when I git diff in a repo with tracked zip files, how is it supposed to work? I can't find anything in man git-config about this syntax of including a file extension in a [diff] stanza.

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SeanSobey commented Jul 18, 2019 •
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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.

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Thanks @SeanSobey for sharing!

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