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Luckily storage is getting cheaper. I do wish someone hadn't checked a custom-built nginx binary into ours though.
by db48x 7y ago
Luckily storage is getting cheaper. I do wish someone hadn't checked a custom-built nginx binary into ours though.
- apostacy 7y agoEven with infinite storage, having lots of blobs can make a repo unmanageable. In order to get an 8GB repo onto github, I had to make temporary branches and and push them incrementally. I highly recommend git-annex. It is like git-lfs but a bit less mature but much more powerful. Especially good if you don't want to set up a centralized lfs server.
- db48x 7y agoYea, I recommend git-annex too.
- masklinn 7y agoIt's not just a question of storage, as the size of the repository increases git starts having a hard time dealing. Binary files don't cause the issue, but because binary files don't deltify / pack well significant use of them makes repos degenerate much faster.
- mbrock 7y agoI heard of a web consultancy around 2006 where the Subversion repository history contained a full copy of the Rolling Stones discography in MP3.