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Re: vcs for hefty video and graphics files

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 23, 2010, 20:41 UTC
Message-ID
<20101123204149.GA2373@burratino>
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<icg5ia$5an$1@dough.gmane.org>
Philippe Lhoste wrote:
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> 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/
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  1. Harry PutnamNov 22, 2010
  2. Philippe LhosteNov 23, 2010
  3. Harry PutnamNov 23, 2010
  4. Jonathan NiederNov 23, 2010
  5. Jakub NarebskiNov 24, 2010
  6. Jonathan NiederNov 25, 2010
  7. Stefan MonnierNov 25, 2010

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