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Git LFS isn't the same as git, though. It's better than putting everything in a separate store, but for one it disables offline work, and breaks the concept of
by maccard 3y ago
Git LFS isn't the same as git, though. It's better than putting everything in a separate store, but for one it disables offline work, and breaks the concept of D in the DVCS of git.
> then have your build toolchain unzip the archive before it runs
My build toolchain shouldn't have to work around the shortcomings of my environment, IMO.
> et voila you now have this large file versioned in Git.
No, it's on a separate http server that is fetched via git lfs. Subtle, but important difference.
- aidenn0 3y ago> it disables offline work, This is a non-issue for images and autogenerated files, since you shouldn't ever be doing a merge on them. > breaks the concept of D in the DVCS of git. git-annex is distributed and works well for files that will never be merged (such as images, or autogenerated files)