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Re: [media-types] Mime type for patch files?

Mitar <mmitar@gmail.com> Sun, 01 December 2019 04:19 UTC

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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 20:18:53 -0800
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To: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
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Subject: Re: [media-types] Mime type for patch files?
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Hi!

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 2:52 PM Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> wrote:
> Do you mean that the HTTP PATCH protocol request is a relevant use case
> for the diff/patch format coming out of GNU diff and similar tools?

Yes. It is ridiculous that you cannot send a GNU diff patch over HTTP
patch using a standard MIME type.

> Anyway, perhaps it is better to register one of the commonly used MIME
> types for the diff format instead of making a new one?

If that is possible, sure.


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