Re: About Summer of code idea -- better big-file support

From: 徐迪 <xudifsd@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 19, 2011, 14:28 UTC
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2011/3/19, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>:

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> 2011/3/19 徐迪 <xudifsd@gmail.com>:
>> So, how do you guys think about that we can test the file type, and then
>> decide to use zlib or not?
>
> We already have core.bigFileThreshold, which can be used to determine
> storage type (traditional one with zlib, or some fancy ones for big
> files). If that's not enough, .gitattributes can be used to mark
> certain files as 'big'.
>
> See below link for recent discussions regarding big file support:
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/165389/focus=168956
>
> On the store of big files, bup (at github) model might fit in as well
> if large files change a small portion regularly.
> --
> Duy
>

But, why those features haven't merged into upstream developement? Sorry for this question, but I'm fresh here.