From ccd20afde0dfca5b09f1a6af7b43a5ad71ed8229 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Anderson Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 11:35:47 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about binary files --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 722a580bd..1dfdbfc07 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ Give files unique names to avoid overwrites in the generated website. See [Style Guide - Charts and graphs](#Charts_and_graphs) for style requirements for images. +*Warning:* It is important for images and other binary files to be marked as a +binary file in `.gitattributes`. Binary file patterns not specifically marked +may be mangled and corrupted within git. + ### Links To link to pages within the documentation, use the syntax: