Re: git with large files...

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On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Martin Langhoff
<martin.langhoff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Randal L. Schwartz
> <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> "Darek" == Darek Bridges <darek.bridges@xxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> Darek> I use git for many things, but I am trying to work out the
>> Darek> workflow to use git for deployment.
>>
>> Don't.
>
> Heh. Best to keep in mind that it just doesn't work very well.
> git-bigfiles, git-annex might help you, but look at the docs and
> caveats carefully.
>
> Perhaps use rsync, unison work better for you.

I'm not sure if it was the "big files" part that Randal was responding
to.  IIUC it was the "using git for deployment" part.

Packaging tools (Makefiles, .rpm, .deb, etc) are a better suited for
deploying software.
-- 
David
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