Easiest way to get the writeup you want is to write it :-)
Cheers,
Greg
On 2014-11-18 12:27 PM, Waldman, Simon M wrote:
If somebody’s writing this up, it might be worth differentiating
between large text files and large binaries.
Both are potentially problematic, but the binaries far more so! (at
least if they change much)
*From:*Discuss [mailto:[email protected]]
*On Behalf Of *Aron Ahmadia
*Sent:* 18 November 2014 16:28
*To:* Naupaka Zimmerman
*Cc:* Jed Brown; Software Carpentry Discussion; Karin Lagesen; Chris Kees
*Subject:* Re: [Discuss] version control of big files
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]
<mailto:[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
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