2011/3/19 Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx>: > 2011/3/19 徐迪 <xudifsd@xxxxxxxxx>: >> 2011/3/19, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> See below link for recent discussions regarding big file support: >>> >>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/165389/focus=168956 >>> >>> On the store of big files, bup (at github) model might fit in as well >>> if large files change a small portion regularly. >>> >> But, why those features haven't merged into upstream developement? >> Sorry for this question, but I'm fresh here. > > This is just my guess. For specific apps, you should pull their authors in. > > All apps experiment different ways of dealing with big files and work > in certain situations. None is generic enough to be merged upstream. > Take bup as an example, it aims at big files _only_. A file is treated > as a directory of many smaller pieces. In order to get it merged, we > need to separate those big files from the rest because it's just too > different in handling them. > -- > Duy > Thanks for that timely link, I think I should do some more research now :P -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html