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Re: git and binary files

From
Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
Date
Jan 16, 2008, 14:34 UTC
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El 16/1/2008, a las 14:58, Petko Manolov escribió:
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> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
>> I think that you're missing the point of version control.  It's not  
>> only about having an up-to-date source tree, but also about being  
>> able to go back to a certain revision.
>
> No contradiction here.  In my case old source code will work  
> perfectly with new binaries/firmware.  That's why i don't _need_ the  
> history, only the latest stuff in order to save space.

You may be interested in the history, but the entire purpose of any version control system (not just Git) is to record exactly that: history.

If the exact contents of these large binaries *really* don't matter, as you say they don't, than why don't you just commit one and never touch it again?

Cheers, Wincent

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  1. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  2. David SymondsJan 16, 2008
  3. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinJan 16, 2008
  5. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinJan 16, 2008
  7. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  8. Wincent ColaiutaJan 16, 2008
  9. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2008
  12. Johannes SchindelinJan 16, 2008
  13. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  14. Jakub NarebskiJan 16, 2008
  15. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  16. Jakub NarebskiJan 16, 2008
  17. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  18. Nicolas PitreJan 16, 2008
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  21. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  22. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  23. Jakub NarebskiJan 16, 2008
  24. Florian WeimerJan 16, 2008
  25. Jeff KingJan 16, 2008
  26. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  27. Jeff KingJan 16, 2008
  28. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  29. Jeff KingJan 16, 2008
  30. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  31. Rogan DawesJan 16, 2008
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