From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Cc: Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@GMX.net>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
Subject: Re: vcs for hefty video and graphics files
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:42:11 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3r5ea4a5y.fsf@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101123204149.GA2373@burratino>
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> Philippe Lhoste wrote:
>
> > Some game makers keep track of their (large) binary files, along
> > with the rest of the project (source code). Rarely in isolation.
> > Perforce and PlasticSCM both boast superior support of these files,
> > I won't comment on these allegations (over other VCS), just having
> > no experience here.
>
> One small thing to add: for this use case, you might like git-annex[1].
>
> It is a shame no single mailing list to follow up to was mentioned.
> Hopefully the reply will get to Harry, anyway.
>
> Regards,
> Jonathan
>
> [1] http://git-annex.branchable.com/
Jonathan, could you add git-annex to "Interfaces, frontends, and tools"
page on git wiki:
https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools
Does git-annex use git-replace?
--
Jakub Narebski
Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-24 22:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-22 18:09 vcs for hefty video and graphics files Harry Putnam
2010-11-23 10:37 ` Philippe Lhoste
2010-11-23 16:19 ` Harry Putnam
2010-11-23 20:41 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-11-24 22:42 ` Jakub Narebski [this message]
2010-11-25 2:21 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-11-25 17:34 ` Stefan Monnier
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