People normally say don’t store binaries in git. Is this a big issue if the files don’t change very often? From what I understood the biggest problem is they don’t diff well. With photos not changing very often, can it work?

Anyone tried using git for 500G of photos?

I would love to if it worked, I have my photo collection spread out on multiple computers and merging the edits to the master backup is always a pita. “Was this file removed from copy A or added to copy B”? All those problems just solve themselves with a clear DVCS git history.

Not having the possibility of ever removing photos, to free up space, is of course another issue of git.