Holger Levsen [12/Feb 11:29am GMT] wrote:
> dropping 23 people from cc: and the devref bug too...
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 10:53:37AM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
>> PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel writes ("Bug#1127616: developers-reference: should
>> document using git-debpush to upload"):
>> > Do we have a solution in order to deal with big files in the git history
>> > on salsa or dgit ?
>> > I think about science data set used for unit test programmes, 3D model,
>> > games assets etc...
>> With Salsa you can use git-annex or git-lfs. Neither of those are
>> supported by dgit or tag2upload. So, the short answer is "not
>> really, at the moment".
>
> that's true for dgit (and tag2upload) but Fred asked "on salsa *or* dgit",
> and surely it's possible with salsa and (git-annex or git-lfs) and well
> established upload tools like (dput, dput-ng or dupload).
>
> so yes, dealing with big files in git is entirely possible with Debian's
> tools. just not with some, uhem, newer ones.(Fred has been using dgit for everything he can for maybe ten years, so that's probably why Ian responded with the focus he did.) -- Sean Whitton
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