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Re:Facebook's git repo is 54GB by maaaats on Friday April 25, 2014 @05:32PM (#7649158)
Well, it depends. Images are for instance binaries where a text diff makes little sense, so you have a copy of each version of the image ever used. And many projects use programs where the files are binaries. For instance, I've been on a project where Flash were used and the files checked in. Or PhotoShop PSD files, .ai files etc.
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Re:Facebook's git repo is 54GB by spoiler on Friday April 25, 2014 @08:23PM (#7649898)
I usually keep a separate repo for PSD/AI files (completely neglected to consider them as binary files).

As for images, icons, fonts and similar, I just have a build script that copies/generates them, if it's needed.

I guess I've always been a little bit "obsessed" about the tidiness of my repositories.

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