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> and otherwise not well integrated (it relies on smudge filter and other hooks, so some Git commands are aware of it and others not. You will often see the `v
by unshavedyak 4y ago
> and otherwise not well integrated (it relies on smudge filter and other hooks, so some Git commands are aware of it and others not. You will often see the `version ... oid ...` content of the actual blob rather than the large file).
Curious, do you know the solutions here? I've looked into integrating Git LFS-like things into Git and it felt like Git doesn't give you many tools. Smudging, as hacky as it is, feels one of a very small pool of options you have. I want to say Git Annex does something slightly different.
Regardless Smudging felt fine due to how difficult Git made it. Are there better ways in your mind?
- remram 4y agoI don't think you can do better if you don't want to change Git, no.
- unshavedyak 4y agoSeems like an odd critique of LFS then, no? Your other points are super valid, i've wanted to replace LFS with my own impl for the same reasons _(also it was originally designed for HTTP servers, ugh)_. However the integration is roughly as good as it can be, no? Or rather, Oxen would suffer the same limitations no?
- remram 4y agoI'm not trying to target this critique at LFS specifically and absolve Git. It might be that LFS is a bad product because of Git's limited extension points, it remains a bad product.