Binary-Files.md

+# Binary Files in a Git Project
+
+It is suggested that you try not to have binary files (.exe, .zip, .doc, .docx, etc.) in your projects.
+When you use binary files, every time you do a commit that includes the binary file, it takes up the entire room of the binary file. If it is possible to have a binary file in a format that is usable by diff, please do that.
+
+## Microsoft Word 2010+ .DOCX files
+If you wish to have docx files in your project, please see http://blog.martinfenner.org/2014/08/25/using-microsoft-word-with-git/ (students will most likely not be able to get here through the proxy)
+This converts the .docx file (using pandoc) into a markdown file, which is easily used with diff.
+The following is what you have to do from the blog post.
+
+Make a file called .gitattributes in your main folder of your git project:
+```
+*.docx diff=pandoc
+```
+Then, make a file called .gitconfig in the main folder of your git project:
+```ini
+[diff "pandoc"]
+  textconv=pandoc --to=markdown
+  prompt = false
+[alias]
+  wdiff = diff --word-diff=color --unified=1
+```
+
+## Compiled Programs
+Please put an entry in .gitignore for any compiled output of your programs.
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