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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 @petersr@lemmy.world's comment explaining why this is a bad idea.

[–] petersr@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

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