A comment on git log messages and question on git-lfs

[nuest]

Hi! Very interesting ideas you've put here. I was thinking about just opening a pull request, but hopefully you welcome some comments this way, too (if you like a concrete PR more, let me know).

• on the examples for LightGitBags (an idea I find intriguing) and Using the history: You could make a more useful commit message to show how powerful the history could be, e.g. "Modify data/1930-02-10-05.tif: the previous scan of the original showed compression artifacts in the upper right corner and was re-done".
  • I know it might be a mood point as there are different opinions, but I strongly suggest to use present tense / imperative mood in git commit messages to "Treat the git log not a history of your actions, but a sequence descriptions of what all the commits do. ". Some reading, if you are interested: http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/
  • IMHO telling a more of a story with the commit messages could help to convince readers.
• What's your take on git-lfs? I think your idea would profit from integrating it.
  • git-annex might be worth mentioning as an alternative (this blog entry has a nice comparison, and lists more alternative but stale projects)