file.not-text

The file’s bytes did not survive whatever wrote them — a truncated checkout, a failed sync, an editor that saved as binary. The store is the repository, so the recovery is git’s rather than this tool’s.

What it means

The file’s content did not reach the disk; the store is the repository, and this puts back what it last committed.

The content is gone and no verb of this tool brings it back; the store is the repository, so the command is git’s.

What closes it

• git checkout -- … — the file’s content did not reach the disk; the store is the repository, and this puts back what it last committed