Version control for large binary files and >1TB repositories?

Question

Sorry to come up with this topic again, as there are soo many other questions already related - but none that covers my problem directly.

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Answer 1

The perks that come with a versioning system (changelog, easy rss access etc.) are nonexistant on a simple fileshare.

If you only care about the versioning metadata features and don't actually care about the old data then a solution that uses a VCS without storing the data in the VCS may be an acceptable option.

git-annex is the first one that came to my mind, but from the what git-annex is not page it seems there are other similar but not exactly the same alternatives.

I have not used git-annex, but from the description and walkthrough it sounds like it could work for your situation.