Re:The Future of Large Files in Git Is Git
by flohofwoe on Saturday August 16, 2025 @09:45AM
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> Thinking text files are insignificant to games because they are small is a really dumb perspective.
Fact is that code is only one aspect of a game project, and arguably not the most important. Forcing a programmer-centric workflow on artists and designers is an even dumber perspective ;)
> and because the tooling is much better than for other VCS's
...only for text files. For assets like images, 3d models or audio data it's pretty much a wasteland.
Re:The Future of Large Files in Git Is Git
by IshKebab on Saturday August 16, 2025 @03:02PM
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Sure, which is why many studios don't use Git. I was just saying that your argument that code is unimportant because they are text files is super dumb.
Fact is that code is only one aspect of a game project, and arguably not the most important. Forcing a programmer-centric workflow on artists and designers is an even dumber perspective ;)
> and because the tooling is much better than for other VCS's
...only for text files. For assets like images, 3d models or audio data it's pretty much a wasteland.