Edit: Oh I see. Seems like their use case is embedding version control into another application.

But then the first thing it talks about is diffing files. Which honestly shouldn’t even be a feature of VCS. That’s just a separate layer.

> Put the following line in your .gitattributes file: *.docx diff=word

> This tells Git that any file that matches this pattern (.docx) should use the “word” filter when you try to view a diff that contains changes. What is the “word” filter? You have to set it up [in .gitconfig].

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Attribute...