From: David Lang <david@lang.hm>
To: Farshid Zavareh <fhzavareh@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Ardill <andrew.ardill@gmail.com>,
"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Should I store large text files on Git LFS?
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:13:02 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1707232109480.20418@qynat-yncgbc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FF08CB42-35AC-4B97-BB02-2473BEDE66A1@gmail.com>
On Mon, 24 Jul 2017, Farshid Zavareh wrote:
> I'll probably test this myself, but would modifying and committing a 4GB text
> file actually add 4GB to the repository's size? I anticipate that it won't,
> since Git keeps track of the changes only, instead of storing a copy of the
> whole file (whereas this is not the case with binary files, hence the need for
> LFS).
well, it wouldn't be 4G because text compresses well, but if the file changes
drastically from version to version (say a quarterly report), the diff won't
help.
David Lang
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-24 4:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-24 2:01 Should I store large text files on Git LFS? Farshid Zavareh
2017-07-24 2:29 ` Andrew Ardill
2017-07-24 3:46 ` Farshid Zavareh
2017-07-24 4:13 ` David Lang [this message]
2017-07-24 4:18 ` Farshid Zavareh
[not found] ` <CANENsPpdQzBqStGjq4jUsAB0-7U8_SQq+=kjmJe6pJtiXxnYFg@mail.gmail.com>
2017-07-24 4:19 ` David Lang
[not found] ` <CANENsPr271w=a4YNOYdrp9UM4L_eA1VZMRP_UrH+NZ+2PWM_qg@mail.gmail.com>
2017-07-24 4:58 ` Andrew Ardill
2017-07-24 18:11 ` Jeff King
2017-07-24 19:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-07-25 8:06 ` Andrew Ardill
2017-07-25 19:13 ` Jeff King
2017-07-25 20:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-07-25 21:13 ` Jeff King
2017-07-25 21:38 ` Stefan Beller
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