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The large binary file thing keeps coming up again and again. I hear mercurial is working on support for these, but to my knowledge it's not something Git is ov
by glenjamin 16y ago
The large binary file thing keeps coming up again and again.
I hear mercurial is working on support for these, but to my knowledge it's not something Git is overly concerned by.
I keep seeing statements like "If you're storing large binary files in version control you're doing it wrong", which leaves me wondering - what's the generally accepted approach for versioning artwork. I'm mainly thinking about source formats like PSD or fireworks PNGs.
- jmillikin 16y agoPSD and PNG files are not usually counted as "large". When someone says "don't version large binary files", what they mean is "don't check in a DVD ISO of Fedora".
- glenjamin 16y agoThey may not suffer from the efficiency problems, but diffs and merges are still problematic. Is there any VCS tool designed to handle these sorts of things?