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Visual Studio and Xcode take up tens of gigabytes, are updated often, and include system components. Storing them in VCS is impossible, and would be a waste of
by Kwpolska 24d ago
Visual Studio and Xcode take up tens of gigabytes, are updated often, and include system components. Storing them in VCS is impossible, and would be a waste of disk space.
- dist-epoch 24d agoYou could consider ZFS a VCS, and it can easily store multiple versions (snapshots) of Visual Studio. It's not impossible, there just isn't that much demand for it.
- maccard 24d agoDisagree. They’re stored _somewhwre_ anyway, and they may as well be versioned. Putting toolchains in perforce is how it works for lots of C++ shops, the setup instructions are “sync and hit build”, whether there’s a toolchain upgrade required or not
- forrestthewoods 23d agoLiterally not impossible. And also not tens of gigabytes.