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GitHub does handle binaries, available through the "releases" link on the repo navigation bar. Developers can relate releases to tags and upload binaries.

https://github.com/beefsack/git-mirror/releases

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You can also potentially wire this up to CI services, to automatically build and deploy a release binary for every new commit on a given branch.

Some popular GitHub CI integrators already do this:

http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/deployment/releases/

http://www.appveyor.com/docs/deployment/github

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