We used Borland StarTeam as VCS, but as it isn't a DVCS, when we needed to get the latest version, we checkout only this version.
2009/2/19 Sitaram Chamarty <[email protected]> > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:47 AM, Weverton Gomes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > So, does git not work well with binary large files?? > > By and large, no it does not. Binary files cannot be merged [1], and > without merging, a VCS is hardly better than a decent incremental > backup, whether periodic (like daily) or on-demand (you explicitly > type a command). I heartily recommend rdiff-backup or any of a number > of other options that will do this nicely. > > Even then, small binary files may as well be VCSd if they're part of > an otherwise 'mostly text' tree (like images within HTML files, for > example, or perhaps openoffice files [2]). > > But *large* binary files are more painful. They choke the delta > compression mechanism, I think, and you get performance that suddenly > reminds you of the other VCSs ;-) > > Sitaram > > [1] that's not git's fault, obviously. No generic VCS can do that. > [2] there's a plugin somewhere that makes that specific case more > efficient by unzipping and storing text, but I haven't used it > > > > -- Weverton Gomes de Morais Tecnólogo em Redes de Comunicação Desenvolvedor Delphi Entusiasta Ruby/Rails "Todos juntos somos fortes" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitHub" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/github?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
