Move binary assets out of git about thrive HOT 2 CLOSED

Perforce is out, as the free license is limited to 20 users. I have no idea how many people will eventually need access to the binary repository, but I'd rather not run into problems when our 21st contributor shows up.

I am in the process of setting up a Subversion repository for binary files. Subversion is not ideal, but it offers some advantages over FTP or git:

1. It's versioned. If someone messes up a file, we can revert it.
2. It supports locking a file, so only one person can change it until it is unlocked
3. It supports checking out a subdirectory and only downloads the requested revision (git always clones the whole repository).

It comes with a few disadvantages, of course. For one, it's a little more complicated to build Thrive as developers will have to juggle both the code repository in git as well as the asset repository in SVN. Second, non-coders usually have a rather skeptic opinion of version control, so artists might be reluctant to adopt it.

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developers will have to juggle both

I don't mind. I'm also familiar with SVN.

Second, non-coders usually have a rather skeptic opinion of version control

Don't know about that, But people who are unwilling to use it could just have someone else add it to the SVN. Files will be moved around between people on the forums often anyway.

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