Second that way of thinking, for me GIT is as good as it gets for versioning text files.
Not handling binary files is not a downside for me because GIT should not be a tool to handle binary files versioning and we should use something else for that.
Not handling binary files is not a downside for me because GIT should not be a tool to handle binary files versioning and we should use something else for that.
And what is wrong with a single blob? This seems work great for deduplication, if you were using git to manage a photo library and happen to add something twice.
As for deduplication, I do not think so. If you have single blob, lets say 1GB and you change just 1B, whole blob changes and no more dedup. If you use basic method of static block size, lets say 512KB, this will work much better. Futher, there are more advanced techniques to handle dedups like roling checksums to carve out even smaller sub-block.
I pointed out that GIT have some rough cases and its good to be aware of them. I said it already and will say it again: choose right tool for the task.
If your workflow with GIT works, use it. No need to discourage other solutions. Yes, I use ancient platforms and I want DVFS on them too.