A program I use (TopSolid) saves it's settings in the top.cfg file. When I open the file with a text editor (notepad++ and notepad) I can see only text.
Sample:
A_COATING_NAME ""
A_FINISHING_NAME ""
A_MATTER_NAME ##%Basis%Rompen%Rompen_1
D_CATALOG_ENABLE_EXCEL 0
D_COMPO_ACTIVATE_LEVELS_WHILE_INCLUSION 1
D_COMPO_APPLY_SERIAL_OP 0
D_COMPO_CHOOSE_INSERTION_SET 1
D_COMPO_FILTERED_STANDARD TOPWOOD "Training Library"
D_COMPO_INCLUDE_PATH ""
D_COMPO_LEVEL_ATTRIBUTE 2
D_COMPO_MODE_OPERATION 0
D_COMPO_PHYSICAL_ATTRIBUTES 2
D_COMPO_PUBLICATIONS_DISPLAY_MODE 1
D_COMPO_REPRES 2
D_COMPO_STANDARD TSWH-Kitchen $TOPGROUP\Libraries\TSWH-Kitchen 0
D_COMPO_STANDARD TSWP-Deco $TOPGROUP\Libraries\TSWP-Deco 0
D_COMPO_STANDARD TSWP-Drawers $TOPGROUP\Libraries\TSWP-Drawers 0
Since I'm experimenting I thought it wise to use git for revision control
upon git diff git maintains it is a binary file though:
index 7e0fa15..227b6e2 100644
Binary files a/top.cfg and b/top.cfg differ
Even if I open the file in notepad, copy everything, and paste it into a new .txt file
Why would this be the case? could there be a way to use git on this file like it was a text file?
EDIT: When I make a new text document and place the content of the top.cfg file in this file, git will recognise it as text. When I edit a setting in TopSolid (and TopSolid alters top.cfg) git sees it as being binary again.
Tried adding *.cfg text to .gitattributes. No effect
