[jgit-dev] jgit binary patches

[Marek Chodorowski <marek.chodorowski@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, 

currently, when creating a patch with
binary file, the patch contains only "Binary files differ" line
(https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=371725).
I was looking for Git documentation to find out how it is implemented there.
All I found is user manual how to use Git from end user perspective. Do
you know maybe if such documentation exists? or if I am allowed to use
Git source code to check how particular functionality is implemented, for
example which character set is used in base85 encoding? 
The problem is that Git is an Open Source
project covered by the GNU General Public License and I am not sure if
I am allowed to use/rewrite/look into Git code to implement new functionality
in JGit which is EDL licensed. 

Best Regards,
Marek Chodorowski