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Re: Please consider extending .gitignore to support setting of a file size limit

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TKThomas Koch <thomas@koch.ro>
Date
May 8, 2015, 06:44 UTC
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On Thursday, May 07, 2015 11:31:12 PM Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Roger Mendes <sproger1@gmail.com> writes:
> > Allow .gitignore to support setting a file size limit so that all
> > files over a certain size will by automatically ignored when
> > performing git add, commit -a...;
> 
> No.

Please have a look into "git annex". It provides large file support without blowing up the repository size entirely and has facilities to decide what to do with files based on multiple criterias like file size.

Maybe some features from git annex have matured enough to be proposed for inclusion into git?

Regards, Thomas Koch
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  1. Roger MendesMay 7, 2015
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2015
  3. Thomas KochMay 8, 2015
  4. Kevin DaudtMay 8, 2015
  5. Fredrik GustafssonMay 8, 2015
  6. Stefan BellerMay 8, 2015
  7. Philip OakleyMay 8, 2015

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