A Large Angry SCM [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk
Files /dev/null and b/file3 differ
diff --git a/file4 b/file4
index
edc575dec543a684da5007b43886ee32ecb381ae..adb07b7ad3fa2c63251b06d1d39cb90a85b860b4
100644
Files a/file4 and b/file4 differ
Thanks. I've seen enough. I expected diff (GNU diffutils 2.8.1
is what I have handy) output which says "Binary files a/foo and
b/foo differ".
Hmph. Now I'd need to find a way to catch at least these two
cases...