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I am creating an installer for my application that relies on downloading my GitHub repository as a zip file. However, I noticed that GitHub is not packaging the correct version of several files into the zip. When I download this file from the file tree, I get the correct version (506 KB). However, when I download the repository, the file has a different size (514 KB).

This issue is causing my installation to fail. What should I do?

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IDK why that's happening (caching maybe?), but it's generally considered bad practice to store compiled binaries in with the source version control. Perhaps you should consider using the releases feature. – Alexander O'Mara 1 hour ago
    
I'm aware that it is bad practice, but I've weighed the tradeoffs and decided to go this route. Binaries or not, the most recent files should be included in the zip. I'm trying to keep my installer as small as possible, which is why I've not used releases. – Joel Christophel 1 hour ago

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