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Re: .git/binary

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> Or were you thinking of some other meaning for "files stored in a single (current) state"?
It means that new versions of files located in `.git / binary` will completely replace old versions in history, and therefore will be in a single (current) state in history. What used to be another version of this file should be ignored (very useful for PNG, JPEG, PDF).
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