Re: [Question] Alternative to git-lfs under go

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 17, 2018, 22:02 UTC
Message-ID: <20180917220209.GJ140909@aiede.svl.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <002501d44ed1$38a49ab0$a9edd010$@nexbridge.com>

(+cc: Taylor Blau, git-lfs expert) Randall S. Becker wrote:

> On September 17, 2018 3:28 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> Randall S. Becker wrote:

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>>> Does anyone know whether it is practical to rework git-lfs under a
>>> language other than "go"? GCC is not even close to being possible to
>>> port to my NonStop platform (may have tried, some have died - joke -
>>> trying). I would like to convert this directly to C or something more
>>> widely portable. Is there a protocol doc out there I can reference?
>>
>> Can you say more about the context?  You might like
>>
>>  git clone --filter=blob:limit=512m <repo>
>>
>> which tells Git to avoid downloading any blobs larger than 512 megabytes
>> until you know they need them.  See Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
>> for more details.
>
> Sorry, I was not clear. I am not having issues with large files or blob
> limits.  Members of my community wish to use Git LFS support on their
> enterprise git servers, so as platform maintainer for git on NonStop, I am
> trying to accommodate them. The stumbling block is that "Go" language will
> not port to the platform.

Thanks. Then the answer is "no": there has not been a reimplementation of Git LFS in another language, and my advice to someone pursuing that would be to use the native Git feature described above instead (or to get Go working on their platform).

If I'm reading https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md correctly, the preferred way to contact the Git LFS maintainers is using Github's issue tracker.

Thanks and sorry I don't have better news, Jonathan