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[PATCH 0/2] Add support for Git Large File Storage (LFS).

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, 66475 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: [bug#66475] (was 66436)] [PATCH 2/2] git-download: Add support for Git Large File Storage (LFS).
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:30:07 -0400

Hi,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I reorder Ludo’s answers for clarity.
>>
>> On Sat, 14 Oct 2023 at 19:12, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Also, it is crucial for the “builtin:git-download” semantics to be the
>>> same across all installations and to be very stable.
>>
>> I agree and that’s one strong argument for me.
>>
>>> Overall, I feel like LFS support, if needed, should be “on the side”,
>>> with a custom ‘git-fetch/lfs’ or something along these lines (just like
>>> we have ‘url-fetch/tarbomb’).
>>
>> I agree with this direction.  Most of the fetching methods should not be
>> implemented with “builtin“ but the converse, git-fetch/lfs.
>>
>>     ( Even, I think the current git-fetch using out-of-band builtin
>> recently introduced should be a ’git-fetch/bootstrap’ method, and
>> git-fetch using in-band should be the default method. )
>
> Thanks for tipping in, I'll look into adding a whole new 'git-fetch/lfs'
> procedure.

Done, see v2.  The 'orcus' package makes use of it -- its test suite is
broken without it.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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