From 19e50a73dbc8c572411cede44811ab157b5b335e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:21:56 +0200 Subject: the binary problem MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- using-git.texinfo | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/using-git.texinfo b/using-git.texinfo index ae77656..e8ab4c9 100644 --- a/using-git.texinfo +++ b/using-git.texinfo @@ -1301,6 +1301,7 @@ is annoying. @menu * Additional tools:: +* The binary problem:: @end menu @@ -1360,6 +1361,23 @@ Lesser General Public License. +@node The binary problem +@section The binary problem + +Source control does not work well with binary +files. Consider that two persons are edition +the same file which cannot be interpreted by +a human using a text editor. If there is a +conflict, git may not realise it depending on +the binary format, or may not be able to merge +the changes. If git cannot merge the and you +cannot open it in a text editor, you will +not a file you can open an se the conflicts in +so you must open both's versions and manual +inspect and merge them. + + + @node GNU Free Documentation License @appendix GNU Free Documentation License @include fdl.texinfo -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2