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GitHub Announcing Git Large File Storage

posted by LaminatorX on Thursday April 09 2015, @07:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the GitHub-Git-on-Hub dept.

Marneus68 writes:

GitHub is announcing that is will soon support the open source extension Git LFS (Large File System) on every repository they host.

This extension allows the replacement of large files (audio samples, images, textures models, various assets...) by references pointing to a remote server, allowing you to store huge files in your repository. While GitHub is only now implementing it as part of its service, it can be used without GitHub as of now.

This system could easily benefit organizations and projects relying on a heavy quantity of assets.

See the official announcement here on the GitHub blog.

Do you use GitHub for your work? How do you think this could be implemented in your organization and projects? I know this will end up replacing the complex workflow I have put in place in my company, based on on a intricate system of submodules.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by darkfeline on Friday April 10 2015, @06:11PM

    by darkfeline (1030) on Friday April 10 2015, @06:11PM (#168805) Homepage

    Sounds nice, but is there a size limit? Can I just start using GitHub as a file host now? Actually, does GitHub have a size limit?

    On a different note, what's the difference between Git LFS and git-annex, which is also designed to do Git with large files?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 10 2015, @10:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 10 2015, @10:11PM (#168846)

    Like they've done with git, I think they may have just figured out a nice way to wrap git-annex. The only way to know for sure is when they actually implement it.