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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Someone could probably build a tool which sits in between you and Git, which unzips the file before committing and after pulling, so Git sees the raw xml file, but you always see the zipped docx.

edit: never mind. Just read @[email protected]'s comment explaining why this is a bad idea.

[–] petersr 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, I made such a tool - and kept polishing edge cases until I gave up. So just wanted to warn everyone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I'm sure you could, but yes, it's likely not worth the trouble.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

a pre hook filter that beautifies and sanitizes the xml should fix that