Could a Private GitHub Repo Replace Google Drive? (lemmy.nz)

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Git is terrible for binary files and large files

You say that like SharePoint is any better which OneDrive is a front end for.

[-] towerful@programming.dev 0 points 4 days ago

Id say it probably is.
For single user backing up, archiving, cloud access for binary files... yeh, sharepoint/onedrive probably IS better than git.

BUT, i say that with 0 experience of using either for that. I use git for text, and i havent had the "pleasure" of onedrive/sharepoint.
But i have a feeling that onedrive/sharepoint will have an edge over git as a cloud drive system. Even if its just from a tooling/integration standpoint

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