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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: git and binary files
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:07:02 +0000 (GMT)
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Hi,

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Petko Manolov wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > I think that you're missing the point of version control.  It's not 
> > only about having an up-to-date source tree, but also about being able 
> > to go back to a certain revision.
> 
> No contradiction here.  In my case old source code will work perfectly 
> with new binaries/firmware.  That's why i don't _need_ the history, only 
> the latest stuff in order to save space.

No, you _do_ miss the point here.  You might _think_ that they work 
perfectly, but with revision control you want to have _exactly_ the same 
setup.  You want to be able to go back to a certain _revision_ (including 
the then-current firmware).

And that's what you don't want.  So git is not for you.

Ciao,
Dscho