@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 8.1.0
+
+- Add support for the `--text` option to treat all files as text.
+
 ## 8.0.0
 
 - Add support for multiple files for a single package. #474

@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ team.
 
 Specify the name for the directory in which to put the files.
 
+- `--text`
+
+Treat all files as text files. This is useful when git detects text files as binary ones and returns empty diffs.
+
 #### Nested packages
 
 If you are trying to a package at, e.g.

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { createGitDiffArguments } from "./gitDiffArguments"
+
+const gitDiffTextArgument = "--text"
+
+describe("createGitDiffArguments", () => {
+
+it("should return --text as one of arguments when enforceTextFileType is true", () => {
+
+const enforceTextFileType = true
+
+expect(createGitDiffArguments(enforceTextFileType)).toContain(gitDiffTextArgument)
+})
+
+it("shouldn't return --text as one of arguments when enforceTextFileType is false", () => {
+
+const enforceTextFileType = false
+
+expect(createGitDiffArguments(enforceTextFileType)).not.toContain(gitDiffTextArgument)
+})
+})

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { blueBright } from "chalk"
+
+export function createGitDiffArguments(enforceTextFileType: boolean) {
+
+const gitDiffArgs = [
+"diff",
+"--cached",
+"--no-color",
+"--ignore-space-at-eol",
+"--no-ext-diff",
+"--src-prefix=a/",
+"--dst-prefix=b/",
+]
+
+if (enforceTextFileType) {
+console.log(blueBright("Treating all files as text."))
+gitDiffArgs.push("--text")
+}
+
+return gitDiffArgs
+}

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const argv = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
 "error-on-warn",
 "create-issue",
 "partial",
+"text",
 "",
 ],
 string: ["-dir", "append", "rebase"],
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ if (argv.version || argv.v) {
 appPath,
 argv["use-yarn"] ? "yarn" : null,
 )
+const enforceTextFileType = !!argv.text;
 const createIssue = argv["create-issue"]
 packageNames.forEach((packagePathSpecifier: string) => {
 make({
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ if (argv.version || argv.v) {
 "append" in argv
 ? { type: "append", name: argv.append || undefined }
 : { type: "overwrite_last" },
+enforceTextFileType
 })
 })
 } else {

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { PackageManager } from "./detectPackageManager"
 import { removeIgnoredFiles } from "./filterFiles"
 import { getPackageResolution } from "./getPackageResolution"
 import { getPackageVersion } from "./getPackageVersion"
+import { createGitDiffArguments } from "./gitDiffArguments"
 import { hashFile } from "./hash"
 import {
 getDetailsFromCliString,
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ export function make({
 Dir,
 createIssue,
 mode,
+enforceTextFileType,
 }: {
 packagePathSpecifier: string
 appPath: string
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ export function make({
 Dir: string
 createIssue: boolean
 mode: { type: "overwrite_last" } | { type: "append"; name?: string }
+enforceTextFileType: boolean
 }) {
 const packageDetails = getDetailsFromCliString(packagePathSpecifier)
 
@@ -310,16 +313,9 @@ export function make({
 // stage all files
 git("add", "-f", packageDetails.path)
 
+const gitDiffArgs = createGitDiffArguments(enforceTextFileType)
 // get diff of changes
-const diffResult = git(
-"diff",
-"--cached",
-"--no-color",
-"--ignore-space-at-eol",
-"--no-ext-diff",
-"--src-prefix=a/",
-"--dst-prefix=b/",
-)
+const diffResult = git(...gitDiffArgs)
 
 if (diffResult.stdout.length === 0) {
 console.log(