Because they're binary files, used entirely for archival purposes. They shouldn't be changing, they shouldn't have "versions" that are anything to deal with mea

Because they're binary files, used entirely for archival purposes. They shouldn't be changing, they shouldn't have "versions" that are anything to deal with meaningfully as far as your repository is concerned. They should be in flat storage somewhere, with some directory or file name scheme that makes sense based on your version numbers / builds / what have you. Backed up, (ideally) with hashes that verify that they're the same file they once were.