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diff --git a/source/ui-tree.c b/source/ui-tree.cindex b682f3e..f89498a 100644--- a/source/ui-tree.c+++ b/source/ui-tree.c@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ static void print_dir_chain(const struct object_id *oid, const char *name, /*  * Whether git counts the blob as binary, read through a stream so that only  * the bytes buffer_is_binary looks at are inflated, however large the blob.+ * The blame page and the file view also count a NUL anywhere in the blob, so+ * a file whose first NUL lies past this window is still offered a blame link+ * that leads to "Blob is binary". Finding that NUL would mean inflating the+ * whole of every blob the listing names.  */ static bool blob_starts_binary(const struct object_id *oid) {
diff --git a/source/ui-tree.c b/source/ui-tree.c
index b682f3e..f89498a 100644
--- a/source/ui-tree.c
+++ b/source/ui-tree.c
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ static void print_dir_chain(const struct object_id *oid, const char *name,
 /*
  * Whether git counts the blob as binary, read through a stream so that only
  * the bytes buffer_is_binary looks at are inflated, however large the blob.
+ * The blame page and the file view also count a NUL anywhere in the blob, so
+ * a file whose first NUL lies past this window is still offered a blame link
+ * that leads to "Blob is binary". Finding that NUL would mean inflating the
+ * whole of every blob the listing names.
  */
 static bool blob_starts_binary(const struct object_id *oid)
 {