If hosting on github, and option is also to use git LFS which github seems to support. I have never used it though.
2016-03-11 2:55 GMT+01:00 Tiger12506 <[email protected]>: > I have no authority in what happens, nor should you necessary take my > advice, of course, but it might be wise to carefully consider how you want > to store large binary data in git. > > If the diffs do not make sense, and are large, then you are using version > control about as inefficiently as you possibly can, and your fetch (part of > pull) operation is going to get huge, fast. > > One of the solutions for this (one at random that comes to mind, not > endorsing it) is git-annex. > > The time to think about this, IMHO, is before you create the repo. > > On 3/10/2016 6:10 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: >> >> I suggested splitting the 3D models long ago but there was some resistance >> even though >> I really can't imagine how 3D models belong in a directory structure with >> schematic symbols. >> >> Some thought would need to go into the organization of the repositories >> and how these >> would look like as an offline directory structure for users who prefer to >> pull the repositories. >> I think any STEP and IGES files should be compressed; their data structure >> results in very >> high compression (often as much as 10:1). Although this would result in >> crazy diffs, git >> will not complain. Crazy diffs on modifying STEP or IGES files is >> inevitable anyway. >> >> I think ultimately a hosted solution with features similar to Altium's >> "vault" is the way to >> go; however that requires some hosting infrastructure and development of >> the API and >> any code/scripts to make it all happen. >> >> - Cirilo >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
