Re:Is Git Irreplaceable? (2019)
by adrianmsmith on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @09:05AM
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> You can set up custom merge drivers for different file types
True, but there are inevitably some files which still cannot be merged, so the problem remains.
> More importantly, if you've got stuff in your decentralised repo that shouldn't be decentralised, that's not the fault of the DVCS you're using, it's your fault.
Indeed, if you want to store the history of your files - the whole software including the icons it uses, so that you can go back to any previous version and build it - and you chose a DVCS like Git, I would agree the fault was yours.
That's basically what I was arguing, that Git is the wrong choice if you have any binary assets like icons (even if those assets have small filesize) due to the lack of locking, sorry if I was unclear.
True, but there are inevitably some files which still cannot be merged, so the problem remains.
> More importantly, if you've got stuff in your decentralised repo that shouldn't be decentralised, that's not the fault of the DVCS you're using, it's your fault.
Indeed, if you want to store the history of your files - the whole software including the icons it uses, so that you can go back to any previous version and build it - and you chose a DVCS like Git, I would agree the fault was yours.
That's basically what I was arguing, that Git is the wrong choice if you have any binary assets like icons (even if those assets have small filesize) due to the lack of locking, sorry if I was unclear.