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Handling binary files
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   The most common use for CVS is to store text files.  With text
files, CVS can merge revisions, display the differences between
revisions in a human-visible fashion, and other such operations.
However, if you are willing to give up a few of these abilities, CVS
can store binary files.  For example, one might store a web site in CVS
including both text files and binary images.

Binary why

More details on issues with binary files

Binary howto

How to store them