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package org.netbeans.api.vcs.commands;

/**
 * This interface represents the VCS add command. This command will add new files
 * into the version control repository. It will create the corresponding repository
 * representation of this file.
 *
 * @author  Martin Entlicher
 */
public interface AddCommand extends MessagingCommand {
    
    /**
     * Set the files as binary in VCS repository. This serves as a suggestion
     * for the underlying VCS command, which may ignore this property if it
     * has it's own algorithm for the distinction of text and binary files.
     * @param binary True for binary files, false for text files
     */
    public void setBinary(boolean binary);
    
    /**
     * Whether the files will be treated as binary or not.
     * @return true for binary files, false for text files
     */
    public boolean isBinary();
    
}