Git has become an industry standard for source code control. However, it is not designed to store binary files efficiently, and storing large binary files in a Git repository can quickly inflate it, making it sluggish to respond. This is where Git LFS comes into play. Git LFS is a Git extension designed to accommodate …
The popularity of the Git version control system among developers has grown consistently over the last few years, with many Subversion users making the switch to Git’s ‘file system snapshot’ approach, which differs from the ‘file change logging’ approach of classic VCS software. Git’s Little Problem – Large Files However, Git was originally meant to …
In a recent conversation I had with a developer that works with my wife, who works as the QA Manager for an awesome educational games company, she shared with me a very painful issue that most game developers (probably) share: storing binary assets in Git. This is an issue for everyone in this industry – regardless …
