Hi Karin, Heavy binary versioning is an unsolved problem. A very trusted developer from my community (and friend), Jed Brown, has implemented a lightweight alternative to git annex called git-fat that is implemented in Python and intentionally easy to install. Here's the first reference to it in the discussion list, when it was a bare two weeks old: http://lists.software-carpentry.org/pipermail/tutors_lists.software-carpentry.org/2012-November/000415.html
You may also want to look into bup, especially if you're trying to version the differences between large files, instead of just their signatures. I'm cc-ing Jed on the discussion, as well as another member of my research laboratory who has been looking at this issue. Regards, Aron On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Naupaka Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Karin - > > I believe at one point there was a lot of talk about using git annex for > this purpose: > https://git-annex.branchable.com > > Haven't used it myself, but perhaps others have and can chime in. > > Best, > Naupaka > > > On 18 Nov 2014, at 9:15, Karin Lagesen wrote: > > Hi! >> >> I am working in a project where we have a lot of big files that we should >> be keeping under version control - I am talking about GB sized files here. >> >> I suspect that there are people on this list that have been in a similar >> situation, and I was wondering what solutions people have ended up with >> using? >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> Karin >> -- >> Karin Lagesen, Ph.D. >> Department of Medical Genetics >> Oslo University Hospital >> http://blog.karinlag.no >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists. >> software-carpentry.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists. > software-carpentry.org >
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