How do I make Git treat a file as binary?

Question

Having a problem with a medium sized project where visual studio project files keep having issues due to git treating them as text and merging. I\'d like to just set the fil

Answer 1

You should define binary file attributes in your .gitattributes file (create it if it doesn't exist) by putting these lines in it, to prevent it to handle it as text diff file:

# Define binary file attributes.
# - Do not treat them as text.
# - Include binary diff in patches instead of "binary files differ."
*.sln     -text diff
*.suo     -text diff
*.vcxproj -text diff
*.gif     -text diff
*.gz      -text diff
*.ico     -text diff
*.jpeg    -text diff