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How to handle big repositories with Git?
For the huge repositories that have lots of binary cruft committed by mistake, or old assets not needed anymore, a great solution is to use git filter-branch. The command lets you walk through the entire history of the project filtering out, modifying, and skipping files according to predefined patterns.
Which is the best Git project for large files?
If you work with large files on a regular basis, the best solution might be to take advantage of the large file support (LFS) Atlassian co-developed with GitHub in 2015. (Yes, you read that right. We teamed up with GitHub on an open-source contribution to the Git project.)
What should Git be used for for documentation?
You’ll want to keep things organized. Have a system for separating the src from the images from the docs. You can always add a .gitignore to a directory to keep the repository and history clean. Because Git commits are file-based,* you can decouple source changes from documentation changes as strongly as you like.
Why is Git so good for version control?
Because Git commits are file-based,* you can decouple source changes from documentation changes as strongly as you like. As others have said, Git is great for documentation versioning as long as it’s text-based. I completely agree; documentation should be versioned right alongside the code.
Which is the best way to clone a Git repo?
The first solution to a fast clone and saving developer’s and system’s time and disk space is to copy only recent revisions. Git’s shallow clone option allows you to pull down only the latest n commits of the repo’s history. How do you do it? Just use the –depth option. For example:
Why are there so many Git repositories in Atlassian?
They include huge binary assets that need to be tracked and paired together with code. …or it could be both. Sometimes the second type of problem is compounded by the fact that old, deprecated binary artifacts are still stored in the repository. But there’s a moderately easy – if annoying – fix for that (see below).
Which is the second type of Big repository?
The second type of big repository is those with huge binary assets. This is something many different kinds of software (and non-software!) teams encounter. Gaming teams have to juggle around huge 3D models, web development teams might need to track raw image assets, CAD teams might need to manipulate and track the status of binary deliverables.