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This is great, we plan to ship alpha LFS support in GitLab CE & EE & .com in 8.1 or 8.2. That is in addition to the git annex support that EE & .com already hav
by sytse 11y ago
This is great, we plan to ship alpha LFS support in GitLab CE & EE & .com in 8.1 or 8.2. That is in addition to the git annex support that EE & .com already have for a longer time https://about.gitlab.com/2015/02/17/gitlab-annex-solves-the-problem-of-versioning-large-binaries-with-git/ https://about.gitlab.com/2015/02/17/gitlab-annex-solves-the-...
- zertrin 11y agoIs it safe to assume that Gitlab's implementation of Git LFS will allow to host the file storage server on premises and potentially on another machine than the one running Gitlab?
- sytse 11y agoIt for sure will allow you to host it on premises. We'll open source our LFS server so people can use it for other purposes.
- nixgeek 11y agoWill you be supporting both indefinitely or is there a plan to transition to a single well-supported solution for large files over the coming N releases?
- sytse 11y agoIt seems that LFS is winning over Annex here, we might drop Annex in 9.x, but nothing is certain.
- porker 11y agoIf LFS is winning but Annex is the better solution (as the comments I've read point to), it would be a shame to drop Annex.
- sytse 11y agoThere is a cost to everything and we try to be pragmatic. Git Annex is causing lots of work for us in the Omnibus packages. Video2000 is also technically better than VHS, but still people stopped producing equipment for it much sooner.