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Re:Fossil: high-reliability, distributed software configurat... by nylonstrung on Thursday November 16, 2023 @12:17PM (#38292333)
Anyone know how this works with bigger files like large binaries?

I've been wanting to switch away from Perforce, but Git LFS has given us too many problems

Re:Fossil: high-reliability, distributed software configurat... by m_niedoba on Thursday November 16, 2023 @12:57PM (#38292981)
If you need something between Git LFS and Perforce you could try Anchorpoint. It's a Git based version control software and has stuff like file locking.
Re:Fossil: high-reliability, distributed software configurat... by rise-remold on Thursday November 16, 2023 @02:38PM (#38294331)
Anecdotally, quite well.

I’ve been using it to store large binary files with occasional small deltas to them (think Google account takeouts), and I’m surprised how well it manages that.

Re:Fossil: high-reliability, distributed software configurat... by syntheweave on Thursday November 16, 2023 @05:50PM (#38296773)
The last time I tested it, it wasn't performing differently from other DVCS options when pushing large files - that is, Perforce would still win hands-down. It does have a binary diff flag, but it's probably limited on a more fundamental level by being a SQLite app under the hood.