What comes after Git?

Re:What comes after Git? by asiachick on Friday December 25, 2020 @08:50AM (#25536447)

If you come from games you'll see where git fails miserably. Modern AAA games have terabytes of assets. p4 has handled this. git, has not. p4 also manages the fact that unlike source code you often can't merge certain assets so you need networked access controls (as in A can't edit this now because B is edit it).

Note I love git, but I don't know any big game studios using it. Some indies get by because their games are smaller but even then it can be a pain.

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Re:What comes after Git? by lupire on Thursday December 31, 2020 @11:10PM (#25600775)

What about git-annex for the large asset files?

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Re:What comes after Git? by thiht on Friday December 25, 2020 @02:18PM (#25538388)

Does it have to be a goal for Git? Most of the development is not game development

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Re:What comes after Git? by TillE on Friday December 25, 2020 @03:43PM (#25538888)

But there's no good fundamental reason why it has to be that way.

The general point is: Git mostly works fine for what it is, but version control can 1) be easier to use, and 2) serve more purposes than Git currently does.

Imagine a perfect, seamless version control system that does everything you want with minimal effort. Git isn't that, not even if you've put in the time necessary to become an expert.

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