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Re: Fwd: Git and Large Binaries: A Proposed Solution

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 26, 2011, 21:40 UTC
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Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:
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> Sorry to come in a bit late to this, but in addition to git-annex, I
> wrote something called 'git-media' a long time ago that works in a
> similar manner to what you both are discussing.
> 
> Much like what peff was talking about, it uses the smudge and clean
> filters to automatically redirect content into a .git/media directory
> instead of into Git itself while keeping the SHA in Git.  One of the
> cool thing is that it can use S3, scp or a local directory to transfer
> the big files to and from.
> 
> Check it out if interested:
> 
> https://github.com/schacon/git-media

Could you please add short information about this project to the https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools page, in the "Backups, metadata, and large files" subsection? git-annex is there...

Thanks in advance.
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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Message 11 of 20 in “Fwd: Git and Large Binaries: A Proposed Solution”
  1. Eric MontelleseJan 21, 2011
  2. Wesley J. LandakerJan 21, 2011
  3. Eric MontelleseJan 21, 2011
  4. Jeff KingJan 21, 2011
  5. Eric MontelleseJan 21, 2011
  6. Sverre RabbelierJan 22, 2011
  7. Pete WyckoffJan 23, 2011
  8. Scott ChaconJan 26, 2011
  9. Eric MontelleseJan 26, 2011
  10. Joey HessJan 26, 2011
  11. Jakub NarebskiJan 26, 2011
  12. Alexander MiselerMar 10, 2011
  13. Jeff KingMar 10, 2011
  14. Eric MontelleseMar 13, 2011
  15. Jeff KingMar 13, 2011
  16. Alexander MiselerMar 13, 2011
  17. Jeff KingMar 14, 2011
  18. Eric MontelleseMar 16, 2011
  19. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 16, 2011
  20. Joey HessJan 22, 2011

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