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Can SourceTree diff markdown with file extension .md or .markdown?

S Baker
S Baker December 15, 2012

I'm using Xcode and GitHub, would like SourceTree to diff README.md.

SourcTree says it's a binary file, doesn't display a diff.

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December 16, 2012

The problem is likely that you've encoded the file as UTF-16. Git and Mercurial can only diff/merge UTF-8 text files.

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S Baker
S Baker December 22, 2012

Thanks! In Xcode File Inspector I converted encoding from UTF-16 to UTF-8 and now when I edit the file SourceTree shows the diff.

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December 16, 2012

I think this might have something to do with file associations, because I'm using both .markdown/.md file types and SourceTree displays them fine for me. Could you change the "Always Open With" option on both markdown/md files? (Ctrl+click -> Open With -> Other -> check "Always Open With" and pick say, textedit?)

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