From 293a4d89654c67ef140aa588c92fcc634215a800 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: A Farzat <a@farzat.xyz>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:18:48 +0300
Subject: Skip placeholder for binary files by default

---
 src/renderer.rs | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/renderer.rs b/src/renderer.rs
index f492f1e..c747df5 100644
--- a/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub struct Renderer<W: Write> {
     output: W,
     max_file_size: u64,
     logger: Logger,
+    placeholder_for_binary_files: bool,
 }
 
 impl<W: Write> Renderer<W> {
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ impl<W: Write> Renderer<W> {
             output,
             max_file_size: DEFAULT_MAX_FILE_SIZE,
             logger: Logger::default(),
+            placeholder_for_binary_files: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -38,6 +40,11 @@ impl<W: Write> Renderer<W> {
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn with_binary_file_placeholder(mut self, placeholder_for_binary_files: bool) -> Self {
+        self.placeholder_for_binary_files = placeholder_for_binary_files;
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn render_header(&mut self, project_title: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
         writeln!(self.output, "# {}", project_title)
     }
@@ -85,6 +92,9 @@ impl<W: Write> Renderer<W> {
     }
 
     fn render_binary_file(&mut self, filename: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        if !self.placeholder_for_binary_files {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         let name = display_path(filename);
         writeln!(self.output)?;
         writeln!(self.output, "## File: {}", name)?;
@@ -184,10 +194,22 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn renderer_places_a_placeholder_for_binary_files_by_default() {
+    fn binary_files_are_not_included_in_output_at_all_by_default() {
         let mut output = Vec::new();
         let mut renderer = Renderer::new(&mut output);
 
+        let input = Cursor::new(&[0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0xc3]);
+        renderer.render_file(Path::new("image.png"), input).unwrap();
+        let expected = "";
+
+        assert_eq!(String::from_utf8(output).unwrap(), expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn renderer_can_place_a_placeholder_for_binary_files() {
+        let mut output = Vec::new();
+        let mut renderer = Renderer::new(&mut output).with_binary_file_placeholder(true);
+
         let input = Cursor::new(&[0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0xc3]);
         renderer.render_file(Path::new("image.png"), input).unwrap();
         let expected = "\n## File: image.png\n[BINARY FILE]\n";
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