Good luck committing an image of your hard drive into git or hg. Seriously, thou... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		rcthompson on Oct 3, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitbucket now rocks Git Good luck committing an image of your hard drive into git or hg. Seriously, though, the limitations of git and mercurial with respect to large files probably prevent them from having to deal with this kind of thing.

pclouds on Oct 4, 2011 | [–]

https://github.com/apenwarr/bup can help split a big image into many smaller pieces.

Triumvark on Oct 4, 2011 | [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact