mercurial & binary files

[Paul Crowley]

Marko Käning wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I read somewhere that hg might cause trouble with binary files (merge). Is 
> this true? I can't imagine that this could possibly be the case...

No revision control system will correctly merge arbitrary binary files.

If we both edit the same photo - say, you make the person look taller 
while I make their ears look smaller - there isn't a revision control 
system in the world that will automatically synthesize a photo which 
includes both changes.
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