From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23AB02047F for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 04:20:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751964AbdGXEUA (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2017 00:20:00 -0400 Received: from lang.hm ([66.167.227.134]:50571 "EHLO bifrost.lang.hm" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751605AbdGXET7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2017 00:19:59 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 414 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 00:19:58 EDT Received: from dlang-laptop ([10.2.0.162]) by bifrost.lang.hm (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3) with ESMTP id v6O4Jvfb023412; Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:19:57 -0700 Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:19:57 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang-laptop To: Farshid Zavareh cc: Andrew Ardill , "git@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Should I store large text files on Git LFS? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.1 (DEB 209 2017-03-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 24 Jul 2017, Farshid Zavareh wrote: > I see your point. So I guess it really comes down to how the file is > anticipated to change. If only one or two line are going to change every > now and then, then LFS is not really necessary. But, as you mentioned, text > files that change drastically will affect the repository in the same way > that binaries do. Not quite the same way that binaries do, because text files compress well. but close. David Lang