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If I had to "version control" a 1 TB large repo - and assuming I wouldn't quit in anger - I would use a tool which is built for this kind of need and has been u

by Izmaki 4y ago

If I had to "version control" a 1 TB large repo - and assuming I wouldn't quit in anger - I would use a tool which is built for this kind of need and has been used in the industry for decades: Perforce.

tinco 4y ago
So, you wouldn't consider using a new tool that someone developed to solve the same problem despite an older solution already existing? Your advice to that someone is to just use the old solution?
- TylerE 4y ago
  When the new solution involves voluntary use of git? Not just yea, but hell yes. I hate git.
  - xur17 4y ago
    Why do you hate git? I've been pretty happy with it for code, and wouldn't mind being able to use it for data repositories as well.
    - TylerE 4y ago
      Is it really worth re-hashing at this point? Reams have been written about the UX
      - xur17 4y ago
        It's used by the vast majority of software engineers, so apparently it's "good enough".
        hinkley 4y ago
        Don’t ascribe positive feelings to popularity. I’m only using git until the moment there’s a viable alternative written by someone who knows what DX is.
ryneandal 4y ago
This was my thought as well. Perforce has its own issues, but is an industry standard in game dev for a reason: it can handle immense amounts of data.
- Phelinofist 4y ago
  What does immense mean in the context of game dev?
  - llanowarelves 4y ago
    On "real" (AA/AAA) games? Easily hundreds of gigabytes or several terabytes of raw assets + project files. Sometimes even individual art project files can be many gigabytes each. I saw a .psd that was 30gb because of the embedded hi-res reference images. You can throw pretty much anything in there, in one place and things like locking, partial-checkout, etc. Which gets artists to use it
    - hinkley 4y ago
      Perforce also has support for proxies right? It’s not just the TB of data, it’s all of your coworkers in a branch office having to pull all the updates first thing in the morning. If each person has to pull from origin, that’s a lot of bandwidth, and wasted mornings. If the first person in pays and everyone else gets it off the LAN, then you have a better situation.
      - llanowarelves 4y ago
        Yep you can. https://www.perforce.com/downloads/helix-core-proxy-server-p4p https://www.perforce.com/downloads/helix-core-proxy-server-p...
mentos 4y ago
I work in gamedev and think perforce is good but far from great. Would love to see someone bring some competition to the space maybe XetHub can.

by Izmaki 4y ago

tinco 4y ago

So, you wouldn't consider using a new tool that someone developed to solve the same problem despite an older solution already existing? Your advice to that someone is to just use the old solution?

TylerE 4y ago
When the new solution involves voluntary use of git? Not just yea, but hell yes. I hate git.
- xur17 4y ago
  Why do you hate git? I've been pretty happy with it for code, and wouldn't mind being able to use it for data repositories as well.
  - TylerE 4y ago
    Is it really worth re-hashing at this point? Reams have been written about the UX
    - xur17 4y ago
      It's used by the vast majority of software engineers, so apparently it's "good enough".
      - hinkley 4y ago
        Don’t ascribe positive feelings to popularity. I’m only using git until the moment there’s a viable alternative written by someone who knows what DX is.

ryneandal 4y ago

This was my thought as well. Perforce has its own issues, but is an industry standard in game dev for a reason: it can handle immense amounts of data.

Phelinofist 4y ago
What does immense mean in the context of game dev?
- llanowarelves 4y ago
  On "real" (AA/AAA) games? Easily hundreds of gigabytes or several terabytes of raw assets + project files. Sometimes even individual art project files can be many gigabytes each. I saw a .psd that was 30gb because of the embedded hi-res reference images. You can throw pretty much anything in there, in one place and things like locking, partial-checkout, etc. Which gets artists to use it
  - hinkley 4y ago
    Perforce also has support for proxies right? It’s not just the TB of data, it’s all of your coworkers in a branch office having to pull all the updates first thing in the morning. If each person has to pull from origin, that’s a lot of bandwidth, and wasted mornings. If the first person in pays and everyone else gets it off the LAN, then you have a better situation.
    - llanowarelves 4y ago
      Yep you can. https://www.perforce.com/downloads/helix-core-proxy-server-p4p https://www.perforce.com/downloads/helix-core-proxy-server-p...

mentos 4y ago

I work in gamedev and think perforce is good but far from great. Would love to see someone bring some competition to the space maybe XetHub can.