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Defect #6256

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Redmine considers non ASCII and UTF-16 text files as binary in SCM

Added by Victor Gavro over 13 years ago. Updated almost 7 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Low
Assignee:
Toshi MARUYAMA
Category:
SCM
Target version:
Start date:
2010-08-31
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Resolution:
Fixed
Affected version:

Description

If source file contains less than 30% of ascii symbols - redmine threats it as binary.
It's affected when browsing repository:
/projects/PROJECT/repository/entry/FILE
(redmine just starts downloading, not showing source file).
The problem is that redmine relies on string method http://apidock.com/ruby/String/is_binary_data%3F
I understand this is ruby problem, but redmine could do some more checks - at least check for BOM marks.

more information here:
when trying to open files in repository,but downloading s...


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