Giles Orr wrote:
Github has developed a "Large File Storage" extension to git. Written in Go, open sourced.
https://github.com/github/git-lfs
This is their blog announcement:
https://github.com/blog/1986-announcing-git-large-file-storage-lfs
I haven't dealt with the problems of large files in git, but I've heard it's ugly, so this is interesting. I'm curious if more experienced git users actually think this is a good idea.
I'm currently using git-annex (using an ownCloud remote) for storing mixtapes (large m4a and mp3 files) for a Jekyll based website I'm working on. It works while for me because the files never change. I'm excited for git-lfs because most of the design directories get pretty large (~700MB) which makes it a pain to have to clone/pull from.