Comment by sublinear
1 day ago
May I humbly suggest that those files probably belong in an LFS submodule called "assets" or "vendor"?
Then you can clone without checking out all the unnecessary large files to get a working build, This also helps on the legal side to correctly license your repos.
I'm struggling to see how this is a problem with git and not just antipatterns that arise from badly organized projects.
The problem I've run into with this is that those files stay in the history. Your git clones will get ridiculous, and you'll blast through any git repo size limits that you might have.
I just want my files to match what's expected when I pull a commit, that doesn't require some literal "commit build system" and "pull build system". Coming from perforce and SVN, I can't comprehend why git it so popular, beyond cargo cult. It's completely nonsensical to think that software is just source.
The user shouldn't have to think about such a thing. Version control should handle everything automatically and not force the user into doing extra work to workaround issues.
I always hated the “write your code like the next maintainer is a psychopath” mantra because it makes the goal unclear. I prefer the following:
Write your code/tools as if they will be used at 2:00 am while the server room is on fire. Because sooner or later they will be.
A lot of our processes are used like emergency procedures. Emergency procedures are meant to be brainless as much as possible. So you can reserve the rest of your capacity for the actual problem. My version essentially calls out Kernighan’s Law.
Organizing your files sensibly is not necessary to use LFS nor is it a "workaround". It's just a pattern I am suggesting to make life easier regardless of what tools you decide to use. I can't think of a case where organizing your project to fail gracefully is a bad idea.
Git does the responsible thing and lets the user determine how to proceed with the mess they've made.
I must say I'm increasingly suspicious of the hate that git receives these days.