Git's Evolution in Handling Large Files: Moving Beyond Git LFS
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Summary
The article discusses the challenges of handling large files in Git, such as bloated storage and slow performance, and how GitHub's Git LFS extension attempted to address these issues but introduced new complications. It highlights the Git project's ongoing efforts to improve large file handling, suggesting that partial clone functionality could eventually make Git LFS obsolete.
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Git LFS works by storing large files outside your repo.
The latest Git release shows the path towards a future where LFS is, finally, obsolete.
If Git had a nemesis, it’d be large files.
