WARNING: don't commit changes to binary files yet

[Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>]

When Subversion receives an updated version of a file, it looks for
the "binary" property (svn:mime-type == application/x-octet-stream).  

If not set, Subversion will do a textual merge into your working file
(using diff and patch).  If the property *is* set, no merge will be
done -- if your working file has local mods, you end up with two
copies of the file side-by-side.

In our M3 repository, our tree was correctly imported; all of the
.gif, .jpg, and other binary files are marked with this property.

However, properties over DAV aren't fully working yet (see issues #382
and #437).  If you do a checkout over DAV, no properties are received.

The danger here is that it's currently not safe to receive updates on
binary files, unless you like seeing what diff/patch can do for your
graphic.  For the very short term, please do not commit changes to
binary files.  :-)


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