git2r (version 0.10.1)

is_binary: Is blob binary

Description

Is blob binary

Usage

is_binary(blob)

## S3 method for class 'git_blob': is_binary(blob)

Arguments

blob
The blob object.

Value

  • TRUE if binary data, FALSE if not.

Examples

Run this code
## Initialize a temporary repository
path <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
dir.create(path)
repo <- init(path)

## Create a user
config(repo, user.name="Alice", user.email="alice@example.org")

## Commit a text file
writeLines("Hello world!", file.path(path, "example.txt"))
add(repo, "example.txt")
commit_1 <- commit(repo, "First commit message")

## Check if binary
b_text <- tree(commit_1)["example.txt"]
is_binary(b_text)

## Commit plot file (binary)
x <- 1:100
y <- x^2
png(file.path(path, "plot.png"))
plot(y ~ x, type = "l")
dev.off()
add(repo, "plot.png")
commit_2 <- commit(repo, "Second commit message")

## Check if binary
b_png <- tree(commit_2)["plot.png"]
is_binary(b_png)

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