From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: vcs for hefty video and graphics files Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:42:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <877hg55iyd.fsf@newsguy.com> <20101123204149.GA2373@burratino> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Philippe Lhoste , git@vger.kernel.org, Harry Putnam To: Jonathan Nieder X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Nov 24 23:42:22 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PLO2f-00063f-Ia for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:42:21 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755485Ab0KXWmQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:42:16 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f46.google.com ([209.85.161.46]:48312 "EHLO mail-fx0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754541Ab0KXWmP (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:42:15 -0500 Received: by fxm13 with SMTP id 13so236968fxm.19 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:42:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received :x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:date :in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=vOUE9CR/TAVrmpM6Xtz5b5K5+GU/Bqkz4cK7Xr+CAYQ=; b=LKjv7qat0eI0xLAvyp6jhEqk76i1iSci0g7s6wHeqNEicOYvjKtORVT0P7UxXc/Han WTZXgkWDeLzFhZSxAkOtQBW6rhw1AorWBOhyGe4YTSTOxSZhVrzBw/r+21qrcwcsdt/8 Bz69b/mVU2J9G694tS10fxS5ZEi+lSq5JQpBI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:date :in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=Vwh4VVzBtSnKd59Kk1ZOsAtHP8BDQMjKn8/uT+5vc8occy+wk/JWEGYzx+Fa59HUpY rVGdUvMOBnNv3M5jq+15XbPzO0YU2ijtIljjRvf7MQfARRJcS022yuiQhy6NmnMVM7yN MNTAFtYMXvQAOsJqJrjmBjJamIjVgUq/zu+a0= Received: by 10.223.83.4 with SMTP id d4mr4301681fal.59.1290638532824; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:42:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (abwq109.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl [83.8.240.109]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n15sm3722fam.12.2010.11.24.14.42.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:42:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id oAOMfY9g002765; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:41:44 +0100 Received: (from jnareb@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id oAOMfDWi002760; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:41:13 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jnareb set sender to jnareb@gmail.com using -f In-Reply-To: <20101123204149.GA2373@burratino> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jonathan Nieder 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