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Re: Roadmap to better handle big files?

From
Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>
Date
Feb 25, 2010, 18:06 UTC
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----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Triantos
Date: 2/24/2010 4:00 PM
> Is there any planned functionality to better support large files in git?  (>  100MB / file)
>

I once used Git alternates to point to a network share filled with the really large files hashed into a .git/objects directory. It worked, although it was slower than having the entire repository locally.

Josh
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