AJ MacLeod wrote: > On Friday 18 September 2009 14:56:12 Curtis Olson wrote: > >> Github wrote us back saying: "Git doesn't work very well with large amounts >> of binary assets". They didn't offer further explanation to where the >> problems might be? Maybe they were just putting the brakes on and didn't >> want to offer to allocate us the large space that we needed? Are there any >> real potential issues with large repositories of binary assets with git? >> > > Given my experience with the mapserver git repo since last year (I only use > it > for the FG data), it would seem to me that what they actually mean is "WE > don't work very well with large amounts of data" (or just as likely, don't > want the disk space / bandwidth costs). > > In my (admittedly fairly limited) experience, git works very well indeed (far > better than CVS) for our data tree and I'd be interested to hear any > technical argument to the contrary... I very much hope that a suitable > git-based host can be found. One thing I have been wondering since this discussion started; Google seems to have found a nice way to add small diffs for binary data[1]. Maybe they have incorporated that into their repository?
Erik [1] http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/16/1712250/New-Binary-Diffing-Algorithm-Announced-By-Google ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
