Re: Why Git LFS is not a built-in feature

> On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 12:29:02AM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:
>> Additionally, in many cases, projects can avoid the need for storing
>> large files at all by using repository best practices, like not storing
>> build products or binary dependencies in the repository and instead
>> using an artifact server or a standard packaging system.  If possible,
>> that will almost always provide a better experience than any solution
>> for storing large files in the repository.
>
> Well, I would argue that if the goal is ongoing archival and easy 
> replication, then storing objects in a repository like git makes a lot 
> more sense than keeping them on a central server that may or may not be 
> there a few years down the line. Having large file support native in git 
> is a laudable goal and I quite often wish that it existed.