This is pretty superior to git LFS in many aspects:
- You have file type and preview that you can use without getting the full thing
- You have a custom metadata for each file enforced by your scripts -- for example for archives, you may store the list of files inside. This will allow your CI tests to validate the references into the files without having to download the whole huge thing.
- You fully control remote fetch logic. Multiple servers? Migration rules for old revisions? That weird auth scheme that your IT insists on? It is all supported with a bit of code.
- You fully control local storage. Do you want a computer-wide shared CAS cache between multiple users? What if you have NAS that most users mount? Or maybe s3fs is your thing? Adding support is easy.
The main downside is that you get to do all the tooling and documentation, so I would not recommend this for the smaller teams. Nor would I recommend this for open-source projects.
But if your infra team is big enough to support this, you'll definitely have the better experience than generic Git LFS.
- You have file type and preview that you can use without getting the full thing
- You have a custom metadata for each file enforced by your scripts -- for example for archives, you may store the list of files inside. This will allow your CI tests to validate the references into the files without having to download the whole huge thing.
- You fully control remote fetch logic. Multiple servers? Migration rules for old revisions? That weird auth scheme that your IT insists on? It is all supported with a bit of code.
- You fully control local storage. Do you want a computer-wide shared CAS cache between multiple users? What if you have NAS that most users mount? Or maybe s3fs is your thing? Adding support is easy.
The main downside is that you get to do all the tooling and documentation, so I would not recommend this for the smaller teams. Nor would I recommend this for open-source projects.
But if your infra team is big enough to support this, you'll definitely have the better experience than generic Git LFS.