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Will you be supporting both indefinitely or is there a plan to transition to a single well-supported solution for large files over the coming N releases?


It seems that LFS is winning over Annex here, we might drop Annex in 9.x, but nothing is certain.


If LFS is winning but Annex is the better solution (as the comments I've read point to), it would be a shame to drop Annex.


There is a cost to everything and we try to be pragmatic. Git Annex is causing lots of work for us in the Omnibus packages. Video2000 is also technically better than VHS, but still people stopped producing equipment for it much sooner.




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