I have a situation.
I have started a web project (call it branch1), and have maintained it
without a version control system for quite some time.
Then, I copied it to another folder (branch2) and while the project remained
essentially the same, I have changed a few of internal paths and some
variable names inside the files.
Then, a few months later on, I copied branch2 to a folder called branch3 and
also modified some of the variable names and some of the internal structure
of the files.
Thus I ended up with 3 folders on my local HDD with pretty much the same
file names and folder structure and everything, and most of the file
content, except those small deltas that made those files different for each
branch.
I guess it's never too late, and now I want to put these 3 projects into a
version control system, and I chose git.
Now, this can be either really simple or really complicated. My first
question is: how do I set the repository up in the proper way where I could
work on all 3 projects separately, with additional possibility of working on
branch1 only and later committing my changes to branch2 and branch3. (Since
projects are virtually identical, a fix in one branch usually needs to be
propagated to other branches)
First, I assume I will use a single repository for this. Then, do I simply
set up 3 branches and start using them, or is there a way to set git up to
capitalize on the projects being nearly identical?
My second question is that each branch has a huge folder with image data.
By huge I mean 1 to 4Gb, depending on the branch. Since images are not
directly relevant to the development work, is there a way to not include
those folders in git? To be honest though, I probably should include them,
but I wanted to ask about this separately as git repository may be get
large, since all 3 branches may grow to 9Gb or so.
Thus I am looking for a git way to handle my situation. Is this simple or
is is hard?
Are there any recommendations before I jump in?
Dennis
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