On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Miller, Hugh <HughMiller@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am interested in exploring the possibility of using versioning for "data", that is versioning non-text, non-code file sets. Typical examples are the data files or "project files" used by some application. These file sets typically contain binary files; these files can be somewhat large, 1GB to 10GB is not unusual. > > Would git be a suitable tool for this purpose ? > > Ideally, even if the data files can be versioned this way, one would probably prefer to build the versioning tools into the application. > > Would the git libraries be suitable for this further aim ? Stock Git is still unsuitable for this purpose, but I recommend you check out git-annex. -- 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